Purchaseing weaponsTher are seweral categoryes of weapons. I will speak about category B.
Category B - any firearms (short, long, semi-automatic, repetitive, single shot, two-shot, with rifled or smooth bore) on smokeless powder.
Category B weapons can be procured and held by persons who:
- are adult,18+;
- are citizens of the Republic of Serbia or permanently resident aliens;
- are medically capable for haveing weapons;
- they have not been judicially convicted of imprisonment for crimes:
- have not been punished effectively in the last four years for misdemeanors in the field of public order and peace;
- on the basis of security and operational checks at the place of residence, place of work, their behavior does not indicate that they will pose a threat to themselves or others and public order and peace;
- are trained to handle firearms;
- have a cause for haveing weapons which is:
(1) for category B personal weapons - if they are likely to have personal security threatened due to the nature of the transaction or other circumstances,
(2) for category B hunting weapons - provide proof that they meet the conditions for possession of a hunting card,
(3) for sports weapons - a certificate of active membership in a sports shooting organization;
- have the conditions for safe storage and storage of weapons.
I will describe the procedure of buying a hunting rifle. You are loyal citizen, 18+ and you wish to be hunter and buy hunting rifle.
1. You need to have valid hunting card. Membership in a hunting society costs 100-150$ per year and you get hunting card. Hunting card last for one year.
2. You need to be trained to handle hunting rifle and get confirmation for it. Ther are 4 diferent handle trainings (pistol-revolver, rifle, shotgun and rimfire rifle). That is 60-100$ per training and its valid for a lifetime.
3. Confirmation on medically capablety for haveing weapons- 20-40$ (ones every 5 years),
4. Confirmation that you have not been punished - 15$,
5. Have gun safe (you need to have it beafore even baying guns).
When you have all the paper work mentioned above you go to your locall police station to submit a request for permission to purchase rifle.
Of course, you have to pay a fee for that, about 55$ for every pistol, revolver, rifle and rimfire rifle you are asking for permission to purchase. 35$ for every shotgun you are asking for permission to purchase.
Than comes police check, both in databases and in the field. Two policemen come to your home, talk to your family and neighbors. They check your gun safe to.
If everything is fine you can hope to get permission to purchase rifle. Police have the discretion right to not give you permission for purchaseing, even if you meet all the conditions. And they do not have to give you an explanation of why they do not allow you.
When you finaly have you permission for purchaseing rifle its shooping time.
Whit that permission to purchase rifle you go to store and buy rifle. Store fill up what rifle you both on your permission for purchaseing (tupe, caliber, serial number...).
If you do not buy a rifle in a store, you woona buy from a person, you first make a contract at notary (fee is 20-30$ for that). Than that person you are buying rifle from and you go to his local police station and there police fill up your permission for purchaseing and delete that rifle from his persons record.
Its not THE END yet.
After purchasing a rifle you have a deadline of 8 days to go to your local police station with a rifle and filled permission to purchase rifle to register that rifle to your name.
Of course you have to pay a fee for that again, about 55$ for every pistol, revolver, rifle and rimfire rifle, 35$ for every shotgun+10$ for rifle ID card.
And finally now you legally own a hunting rifle
You spend 360$ on paperwork and procedures + travel expenses + the price of the rifle itself + ammo, scope...
The procedure is the same for purchaseing of pistols, revolvers, shotguns, rimfire...
How many weapons will you own unther these circumstances?I have 2 bolt action rifles, 2 shotguns, .22lr rimfire rifle, air rifle (you cant even buy air rifle totaly free of paperwork), .22lr pistol and 9mm pistol.