BRATISLAVA, July 31, (WEBNOVINY) — As of July 28, 2010, citizens of Slovakia are not be able to buy a weapon on the Internet. This stems from an amendment to the Act on Firearms and Ammunition. The law adds the missing unconditional ban to remotely conclude a contract on purchasing weapons or ammunition. The law also contains an exact definition of the term “weapon” and outlines its main parts. In addition to this, it also defines functional copies of weapons, i.e. replicas or imitations of weapons.
The amendment divides weapons and ammunition into four categories (A to D), based on the danger they pose. Category A includes banned weapons, Category B weapons subject to the license system, Category C encompasses weapons that have to be reported and Category D other weapons. The owner of a D-category weapon is obliged, in using this weapon, to have proof of identity and cannot carry or transport it visibly. Since the area of weapons has recorded technical innovations, authors of the amendment included new terms in this category; for example, narcotization guns, paintball guns and airsoft guns.
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