India: Government Demands License for Air Guns

By Gregory Smith

SellingTheSecondAmendment.com

India is one of the worst countries for gun owners, lawful gun owners that is.

NEW DELHI: Air guns, which could earlier be bought off the shelf even from toy shops, will now be difficult to acquire as a license will be needed for all air weapons, including air rifles, air guns and paintball markers, irrespective of the muzzle energy or caliber or bore, according to the new arms rules notified by the government.

Not just that, a manufacturer of certain air weapons including air rifles and air guns having muzzle energy exceeding 20 joules or 15 foot-pound (ftlbs) or bore exceeding 0.177 or 4.5 mm will have to maintain record with ID proof of the buyer.

Recently, the Hyderabad module of Islamic State busted by NIA was found using air guns for target practice as the members were planning terror attacks. An air gun was recovered from them.

Intelligence agencies had issued alerts in past that air weapons were used by Indian Mujahideen terrorists for target practice and also by militants based in Kashmir.

The Arms Rules 2016, notified through a gazette notification by the home ministry recently, says, “Manufacture or proof test or both, …Read the Rest

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