Gun Licencing and examination

[Paulh]

Can any body tell me how to go about getting a shotgun licence and what are the regulations . I am unable to get information on the subject.

PaulH

[Patf]

As far as I know you can buy a shotgun to use on your own land without any restrictions. If you wish to join the chasse and hunt on other people's land you will need to find the local office of the Federation de Chasse  - ask at the Mairie.  Apply to do the course then there's a written exam. Eddie.

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[quote]As far as I know you can buy a shotgun to use on your own land without any restrictions. If you wish to join the chasse and hunt on other people's land you will need to find the local office of the Fe...[/quote]

Perhaps you can but it is illegal without a permit.

http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F2093.html?n=Vacances%2C%20loisirs&l=N19&n=Chasse&l=N553

gives details.

Those with permits have the same rights and restrictions on hunting on their own land as on their neighbours; the legislation is complicated by the fact that some communes have ACCA - communal hunts - and the right to take one's land out of the communal hunt's use is then restricted.

http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1496.html?n=Vacances%2C%20loisirs&l=N19&n=Chasse&l=N553

gives details on your right to ban hunting, not quite what's required, but it gives some insight into the legislation.

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[quote]Hello Why would you want to ban hunting it's sure way of getting up everyones nose. And remember -if guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns. regards Mik[/quote]

I didn't suggest banning hunting; I posted the link because the circumstances in which you can turn your land into a private hunt are a restricted form of those in which you can ban hunting.

An earlier posting suggests it is simply a matter of fencing it off but for those of us with a communal ACCA this is not the case.

http://www.chasse-enligne.com/annuaire/infoprat1.php?IDInfoprat=4

gives details - the salient points are in the summary at the bottom of the page; I didn't have the link at the tip of my fingers when I posted earlier.

[Quillan]

Perhaps this will help, it's from http://www.fusil-calais.com/index.asp

 

Purchase	Cat.	Types of arms	Calibre	Documents to supply
FREE SALE + 18 years old	5°	Shotguns : one shot per barrel (single or double barrel).	10/ 12/ 16/ 20/ 24/ 28 12/ 14 mm 410 mag / etc.	I. D. + hunting or shooting licence
	6°	Knives (daggers, bayonets, coshes). Crossbows.		None
	7°	Blank and gas pistols (signal and starter). Air rifles (less than 10 joules) and CO2 guns.	6/ 8/ 9 mm gas or blank 4,5 et 5,5 mm	None
	8°	True replica of black powder pistols and carbines. Soft air guns (less than 2 joules).	.31/ .36/ .44/ .45 .50/ .54/ .58/ .69/ .75 4,5 et 5,5 mm	None
FREE SALE + 18 years old Subject to registration after purchase	5°	Shotguns : repetition and semiautomatic. Rifled shotguns : - One shot per barrel - Repetition - Semiautomatic	10/ 12/ 16/ 20/ 24 410 mag/ 222 Rem/ 270 W 280 Rem/ 7x64/ 300 W 30.30/ 8x60 S/ 7x65 R 8x57 JRS/ 9,3x62/ 9,3x74 R 375 HH / etc.	I. D. + hunting or shooting licence
	7°	Hobby and competition rifles (civilian looking)	22 Lr/ 22 Short/ 22 Mag	I. D.
		Air rifles and CO2 guns (more than 10 joules).	4,5 mm (V° + 195 m/s) 5,5 mm (V° + 145 m/s)	I. D.
		Rubber bullets defence pistols.	12/50 gomm-cogne 11,6 safegom / etc.	I. D.
Subject to prior prefectorial authorization	1°	War handguns and war rifled shotguns, automatic or semiautomatic with their ammunition.	9 mn para/ 45 ACP/ etc. 30-06/ 303 British/ 7 ,5 30M1/ etc.	I. D. + APAD
	4°	Handguns: - Small calibre one shot or more. - Lead shot and their ammunition. - Big calibre and their ammunition.	All	I. D. + APAD
		Shotguns: - pump action guns - semiautomatic more than 3 shots. - repetition more than 10 shots Gun sticks	All	I. D. + APAD

	Documents to supply :
»	I.D : with picture.
»	Valid hunting licence.
»	Valid shooting licence.
»	APAD : 2 copies of the prefectorial authorization of acquisition and possession of arms established less than 90 days prior.

	Others :
»	Ammunition for the 5th category arms are on free sale provided the buyer presents a valid hunting licence or shooting licence.
»	The registration for each arm is supplied by the shop and is to be filed with the Gendarmerie or the  Police Constabulary. Re Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 2 weeks later... Quillan Posted October 29, 2004 Quillan Members 13.3k Share Posted October 29, 2004 Moderators hat on. I have tonight deleted two strings of posts which quite frankly had absolutely nothing to do with the original post. If you have something to add which is a direct answer to the original post please do so, if not can you please refrain from posting here. Thank you. Moderators hat off.   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Archived This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. Go to topic listing All Activity Home Forums Leisure and Pastimes Sport, Leisure and Pastimes Gun Licencing and examination Theme Complete France 2024 (Default) IPS Default Contact Us Cookies Copyright France Media Group Limited Powered by Invision Community × Existing user? Sign In Sign Up Complete France Browse Back Forums Events Online Users Leaderboard Activity Back All Activity Search × Create New...

[Quillan]

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I have tonight deleted two strings of posts which quite frankly had absolutely nothing to do with the original post.

If you have something to add which is a direct answer to the original post please do so, if not can you please refrain from posting here.

Thank you.

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