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Costa Rica. 2012 ‘Mental and Physical Fitness to Carry Firearms (Idoneidad Física y Mental para Portar Armas).’ Directive No. 0 Amending the Directive No. 1 of January 10, 2012: Administrative Provisions for the Control and Monitoring of Firearms, p. 2. San José: Ministry of Public Security. 13 February

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Modificación a la Directriz Nº 1 del 10 de Enero del 2012: Disposiciones Administrativas Necesarias para el Control y Fiscalización de las Armas

Considerando…

6) Que el Ministerio de Seguridad Pública como órgano competente, ante los altos índices de delitos como lesiones, homicidios, robos, hurtos, violaciones, etc., todos cometidos con armas de fuego, debe tomar las medidas necesarios para satisfacer el interés general del país por medio de un adecuado control preventivo en el uso de las armas de fuego por parte de los ciudadanos, puesto que la adquisición y portación de armas de fuego en nuestro ordenamiento jurídico como regla general está prohibida, y que vía excepcional la ley ha permitido que se puedan adquirir y registrar las mismas, así como obtener un permiso de portación.
Es decir, al ser meramente de carácter restrictivo el poseer un arma de fuego, es una facultad que el Estado le confiere al ciudadano y no un derecho que el mismo posea, ya que un arma de fuego es un instrumento que basta por sí sola para causar intimidación e indefensión a la contraparte y crear la conciencia de que su vida está verdadera y seriamente en peligro; es por lo anterior, que se vuelve razonable la necesidad de tener estos controles necesarios con apego a los principios de razonabilidad y proporcionabilidad, a efectos de tener certeza de que a la persona a quien se le otorga ese permiso tenga idoneidad física y mental para ello, lo anterior con el fin de salvaguardar la posibilidad de tener consecuencias adversas y dolorosas.

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Amendment to the Directive No. 1 of January 10, 2012: Administrative Provisions for the Control and Monitoring of Firearms

Whereas…

6) The Ministry of Public Security, as the competent authority, and in light of the high rates of crimes such as injuries, homicides, thefts, pick-pocketing, infringements etc., all of which have been committed with firearms, must take the necessary measures to satisfy the general interest of the country, through a preventive control of the use of firearms by citizens, stressing that the purchase and carrying of firearms in our internal legal system, as a general rule, are forbidden, and that only exceptionally has the law permitted their purchase and registration, as well as the issuance of carrying permits.
That is to say, possessing a firearm is a concession that the State grants the citizen, and not a right, because a firearm is an instrument that by itself can elicit intimidation and vulnerability from the counterpart, as well as the sense that his life is truly and seriously in danger. This is why maintaining these controls, in the name of reason and proportionality, is particularly necessary to make sure that the person to whom the permit is issued possesses the physical and mental fitness to use it, so as to avoid tragic consequences.

ID: Q11508

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