Acquiring a weapon is only part of the road: the law separately regulates the carriage, transport and dispatch of weapons and ammunition, and the carrying of certain types of weapons — and it is at this stage that most mistakes are made. Under the Law on Arms, the carriage, transport and dispatch of weapons and ammunition take place on the basis of a permit issued by the Service Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, while the carrying and movement of gas, signal, acoustic and flintlock weapons are governed by special rules that determine precisely in what format a weapon may be kept on one's person.
The service on this page is the structuring of carrying and transport compliance: determining the permissible format for your specific case, planning the permits and temporary certificates needed, and drafting internal rules so that every movement of a weapon is lawful by design — not by luck.
The transport permit and its exceptions
When a civil firearm is carried or transported, the clear requirements of the law must be observed: the weapon must be unloaded, separated from the ammunition and with an empty magazine where one exists; partially disassembled or fitted with a safety lock such that it cannot be brought into combat condition without removing it; kept in a special case or holster excluding immediate use; and protected from access by unauthorised persons. Violation of these requirements entails liability defined by the Code of Administrative Offences.
At the same time the law defines when a transport permit is not required: the individual owner of a registered weapon may carry without a permit up to three hundred cartridges for a smoothbore firearm, up to three hundred cartridges for a rifled firearm or a gas weapon, or up to one kilogram of gunpowder. In addition, movement is possible on the basis of a temporary weapon certificate issued by the Service Agency — an instrument designed for the temporary transfer of a defence short firearm to a range, gallery or stand, and for taking a sport weapon to competitions, qualification attempts or repairs.
Carrying a signal weapon — a strict format
A special regime applies to signal weapons: carrying one in a settlement or in the adjacent territory within a radius of five hundred metres, as well as its carriage and transport, is permitted only in a special holster, in an unloaded condition, separated from the cartridges. Moreover, the signal weapon must be partially disassembled or have a safety lock attached so that its use is excluded without removing the lock. The circulation of a signal weapon and its cartridges likewise requires an appropriate permit, and acquiring, storing or carrying it without a permit already counts directly as an administrative offence.