Gun license
Description
If you want to carry a firearm in public, i.e. outside your home or business premises, your pacified property or a shooting range, you need a firearms license. This also applies to alarm, irritant and signal weapons ("small" weapons license).
Online services
Antrag zur Ausstellung eines Kleinen Waffenscheins
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Nachreichung von Anlagen
Use this service online
Trust level
The level of trust for this online service is not defined (Trust Level undefined).
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Contact point
The firearms license is issued by the weapons authority in your district administration or the administration of your district-free city. There you can also find out about documents and forms to be brought along.
Contact person
Prerequisites
Requirements for obtaining a firearms licence:
- age of majority (18 years),
- Reliability
- Personal suitability,
- Proof of need,*
- Proof of liability insurance,*
- Proof of weapons technology and weapons law expertise.*
* Not required for "small" firearms license.
Basis for legal action
Costs
Information for Kassel: Waffenschein
Es werden Gebühren fällig. Diese sind im Einzelfall unterschiedlich. Auskünfte zur Gebührenhöhe erteilt der Fachdienst Ordnungs- und Gewerberecht.
Area of validity
Hesse
Keywords
Waffe, Schusswaffen, Waffenschein, Waffenrecht, Waffenpass