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Arms possession card (yellow) for sports marksmen
The arms possession card (yellow) for sports marksmen is valid for purchasing and owning
- single loader rifles with smooth and conventional barrels,
- long repeating rifles with conventional barrels,
- single-barrel single loader handguns for cartridge ammunition and
- multi-shot hand and long guns with primer ignition (percussion guns) and
- ammunition intended/approved for registered firearms.
Prerequisites
- You are a sports markswoman/marksman
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Minimum age: usually 25 years
By way of derogation, a few specific exceptions apply:
A minimum age of 18 applies for acquiring and owning firearms up to
- calibre 5.6 mm lfB (.22 lr) for rimfire ammunition, if the muzzle energy of the projectiles is no more than 200 joules, and
- single loader long rifles with smooth barrels with calibre 12 or less, provided that sport shooting with such weapons is permitted according to the approved sports regulations of a shooting association (§14 section 1 sentence 2 WaffG).
- a personal suitability certificate is presented (§6 section 3 WaffG) and
- other types of weapons than those indicated above are to be acquired and owned.
- Reliability
- Personal suitability
- Competency test
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Necessity according to weapons legislation
Weapons Act (WaffG) §8, §14 -
Limitation of firearms
As a general rule, no more than two firearms may be acquired within six months (requirement to space out acquisitions).
Documents required
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Application for an arms possession card (yellow)
Can be completed online; or you can use the form.
- Online processing: please keep all required documents and certificates ready for upload in PDF, JPG, JPEG, PNG or DOCX format. The files should be named as follows: firstname_surname_description.pdf
- As an alternative, you may submit the application by postal mail or e-mail: please post or email the signed application and all certificates and personal documents to the weapons authority of the Berlin police.
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Identity card or passport
As a photocopy or photograph -
Certificate of need for sports marksmen
(see “Forms”)
The certificate of need must be issued by a recognised association or section. -
Proof of competence
Test certificate from the rifle association or certificate from an officially approved commercial competence training provider -
Certificate of personal suitability (if you are under 25)
In the context of processing your application, we will ask you to submit this document at a later date. -
Certificate of safe storage
The purchase receipt or a photo of the gun cabinet must be presented as proof of safe storage. The type plate with the serial number must be legible.
- Online processing: details about safe storage are requested immediately.
- Written application: you will be prompted to submit details of safe storage at a later date.
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Any previous registered addresses
If you lived outside Berlin in the past 5 years, please keep all addresses at hand as you will need to enter these in the application.
Fees
The application is subject to a fee. You will receive a notification of charges. Further processing will take place after receipt of payment. Up to 50% of the costs will be charged in the event of a negative decision.
- EUR 107.00: arms possession card (yellow)
- EUR 61.00: every three years, for regular reliability reviews
- EUR 45.00: every five years, for verification of continued need
- EUR 30.00: for sports marksmen after another ten years each, for verification of continued need
- EUR 103.00: for weapons storage inspections
- EUR 51.00: for weapons storage inspections, if the inspection is repeated after less than three years