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NEW DELHI: The process of getting a gun licence may soon get less cumbersome with the home ministry proposing to amend Arms Act rules to cut down the paperwork and ensure grant of licence within a specific time-period.
The government on Thursday put out the draft rules, according to which the number of documents required to be submitted while applying for an arms licence will be reduced from nearly two dozen at present to less than a dozen and the police verification completed between one and three months, depending on the category of arms.
Every weapon will now be issued a licence with a unique identification number, which will make help keep a record of data relating to arms in an electronic format. Arms without a unique identification number (UIN) shall not be considered valid with effect from the October 1, 2015.
Another rule proposed by the government requires individual applicants to undergo a complete arms and ammunition safety training course from an accredited trainer or an accredited shooting club. The training will cover basic arms and ammunition safety and handling, firing techniques and procedures, safe storage techniques and working knowledge of the Arms Act provisions.
As per the rules, on which views from various stakeholders have been invited, obtaining gun licence would be made simpler for those who face grave and imminent threat to their lives due to the nature of duties performed by them and have made themselves targets of militants or terrorists, and for MPs, MLAs and others who are closely or actively associated with anti-militant, anti-terrorist or anti-extremist programmes and policies of the government.
Govt may soon make it easier to own a gun - The Times of India
The government on Thursday put out the draft rules, according to which the number of documents required to be submitted while applying for an arms licence will be reduced from nearly two dozen at present to less than a dozen and the police verification completed between one and three months, depending on the category of arms.
Every weapon will now be issued a licence with a unique identification number, which will make help keep a record of data relating to arms in an electronic format. Arms without a unique identification number (UIN) shall not be considered valid with effect from the October 1, 2015.
Another rule proposed by the government requires individual applicants to undergo a complete arms and ammunition safety training course from an accredited trainer or an accredited shooting club. The training will cover basic arms and ammunition safety and handling, firing techniques and procedures, safe storage techniques and working knowledge of the Arms Act provisions.
As per the rules, on which views from various stakeholders have been invited, obtaining gun licence would be made simpler for those who face grave and imminent threat to their lives due to the nature of duties performed by them and have made themselves targets of militants or terrorists, and for MPs, MLAs and others who are closely or actively associated with anti-militant, anti-terrorist or anti-extremist programmes and policies of the government.
Govt may soon make it easier to own a gun - The Times of India
