Source: BUS Sachsen-Anhalt (Linie6PLus)

Apply for a gun ownership card (red) as an expert or expert

Description

If you need weapons or ammunition for an activity as an expert or expert, you need a permit for this. Scientific or technical purposes, testing, assessment or investigation and similar purposes are recognised as reasons. As proof of a scientific activity, publications or other evidence of expertise will usually be requested from you. An expert activity is to be separated from a collecting activity. A public-law appointment and swearing-in by a chamber of crafts is not required of you. The permit is usually issued to you for firearms or ammunition of any kind.

Process flow

You can obtain permission as follows:

You submit an application and submit the necessary documents
the required documents will be checked, if necessary you must submit further necessary documents later
Your age, your reliability, your personal suitability, your expertise and your needs are tested (§ 4 Abs. 1 Nr. 1-4 WaffG)
the decision under weapons law is made

Who should I contact?

Please contact your county's weapons department. If you live in Dessau-Roßlau, please also contact the weapons authority.

If you live in Halle or Magdeburg, please contact the respective police headquarters.

Requirements

You have reached the age of 18.
They are reliable within the meaning of the Weapons Act.
They are personally suitable within the meaning of the Weapons Act.
You are knowledgeable within the meaning of the Weapons Act.
They have a need in the sense of the Weapons Act. You need firearms or ammunition for an activity as an expert or expert.

Which documents are required?

Proof of your expertise
Proof of your needs, for example future assignments for expert work with firearms (in the case of scientific activity, for example, publications to prove your expertise)
Proof (certificates or safety reports) that your weapons and ammunition are safely stored