Latvia. 2019 ‘Section 14(9)-(11).’ 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

(9) 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 received a permanent residence permit 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 21 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-rifled 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, convey, and use the exchangeable essential components of hunting firearms.

(10) A citizen of Latvia, a citizen of a European Union Member State who has received a permanent residence permit in the Republic of Latvia, and a citizen of a country of the European Economic Area who has attained 21 years of age, if the prohibitions referred to in this Law do not apply thereto, has the right, with the permission of the State Police, to acquire, possess, transport, carry, and convey semi-automatic, repeating and single shot short firearms of Category B classified for self-defence the calibre of which is not more than nine millimetres, and their ammunition, and to use such weapons in practice shooting and shooting competitions, as well as to apply them for self-defence.

(11) A citizen of Latvia, a citizen of a European Union Member State who has received a permanent residence permit in the Republic of Latvia, and a citizen of a state of the European Economic Area who has attained 21 years of age, who has been a member of a registered sports organisation linked to shooting sports for at least 12 months, 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 thereto, has the following rights with the permission of the State Police:

1) to acquire, possess, transport, and convey long-rifled firearms of Category A classified for sports and their ammunition, as well as firearm magazines intended for them the capacity of which exceeds 10 rounds, and to use such weapons in practice shooting and shooting competitions;

2) to acquire, possess, transport, and convey short firearms of Category A classified for sports the calibre of which is not more than 11.43 millimetres, and their ammunition, as well as firearm magazines intended for them the capacity of which exceeds 20 rounds, and to use such weapons in practice shooting and shooting competitions;

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

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