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The Firearms Market

El mercado de las armas de fuego

Indepiendente (Paraguay)

6 July 2020

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Any person legally residing in Paraguay who does not have a judicial record can purchase a firearm. According to José Maria Amarilla, a specialist in intelligence, people can go to an armoury, pay a part of the cost, and the armoury is in charge of processing the permits so that the client can later pick up the merchandise.

"This process takes between three days and a week to collect the weapon registered with the Directorate of War Materiel with a blue card that certifies that the person is a legitimate firearm owner. Possession is acquired when the person pays and presents all the necessary documents, which are a photocopy of the identity card, the residency card in the case of foreigners, and a criminal record.

He also added that the permit to carry carries another card that regulates the transit of a firearm from one point to another in a safe way, unloaded and away from its projectiles.

In contrast, the permit to carry has another, more cumbersome set of formalities. Firstly, there needs to be an assessment by a medical clinician that the person is in general physical condition, that he or she does not have Parkinson's or something like that that could eventually lead to the discharge of an accidental discharge.

A psychological evaluation must also be done, to explore the mental stability of the person who wants to carry a firearm.

"Carrying means having the gun with you, ready to use, attached to your body or in a briefcase or bag. If there are an estimated one million registered guns, 200,000 users have a permit to carry. Many of these are companies that have to apply for a permit so that their guards can carry it, but most people obtain a possession permit that allows you to keep it in your home," he emphasised.

[Translated by GunPolicy.org]

ID: N902

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