Latvia. 2019 ‘Section 14(6)-(8).’ Law on the Handling of Weapons; Section 14. Riga: Latvia. 10 April

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Section 14. Natural Persons who have the Right to Acquire, Possess, Carry, and Transport Weapons, Their Components and the Ammunition Intended for Them, as well as Special Means

(6) A citizen of Latvia, a non-citizen of Latvia, a citizen of a European Union Member State, and a citizen of a country of the European Economic Area, as well as a person who has received a permanent residence permit in the Republic of Latvia and who has a hunting licence issued by the State Forest Service, or a citizen of a European Union Member State, a country of the European Economic Area, or a member state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation who has the right to stay in the Republic of Latvia and who has a permit issued by the State Forest Service to hunt in the territory of Latvia, if the age of 18 years has been attained and the prohibitions referred to in this Law do not apply thereto, have the following rights with the permission of the State Police:

1) to acquire, possess, transport, and convey long smooth-bore firearms of Categories B and C classified for hunting and their ammunition and to use such firearms in hunting, practice shooting, shooting competitions, as well as for killing farm animals in accordance with the procedures laid down in the laws and regulations regarding the protection of farm animals intended for slaughter;

2) to acquire, possess, transport, and convey high-energy pneumatic weapons of Category D classified for hunting and to use such weapons in hunting, practice shooting, and shooting competitions;

3) to acquire, possess, transport, convey, and use the exchangeable essential components of firearms.

(7) A citizen of Latvia, a non-citizen of Latvia, a citizen of a European Union Member State, and a citizen of a country of the European Economic Area, as well as a person who has received a permanent residence permit in the Republic of Latvia, who has attained 18 years of age, who is a member of a registered sports organisation linked to shooting sports and who holds at least the second sports class in the type of sports linked to shooting, if the prohibitions referred to in this Law do not apply to this person, has the following rights with the permission of the State Police:

1) to acquire, possess, transport, and convey long smooth-bore firearms of Categories B and C classified for sports and their ammunition and to use such firearms for practice shooting and in shooting sports competitions;

2) to acquire, possess, transport, and convey long-rifled firearms of Categories B and C classified for sports and their ammunition and to use such firearms for practice shooting and in shooting sports competitions;

3) to acquire, possess, transport, and convey short firearms of Category B classified for sports the calibre of which does not exceed 5.6 millimetres and their ammunition, and to use such firearms for practice shooting and in shooting sports competitions;

4) to acquire, possess, transport, and convey Category D high-energy pneumatic weapons classified for sports and to use such weapons in practice shooting and in shooting sports competitions;

5) to acquire, possess, transport, convey, and use the exchangeable essential components of firearms classified for sports.

(8) A citizen of Latvia, a non-citizen of Latvia, a citizen of a European Union Member State, and a citizen of a country of the European Economic Area, as well as a person who has received a permanent residence permit in the Republic of Latvia, who has attained 18 years of age, if the prohibitions referred to in this Law do not apply to this person, has the right, with the permission of the State Police, to acquire, possess, transport, and convey long smooth-bore firearms of Categories B and C classified for self-defence and their ammunition, and to use them for self-defence, practice shooting, and shooting competitions.

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