The Parliament adopted, in the first reading, the draft law on the regime of guns, ammunitions, explosive materials and substances. The related legislation stipulates the gun licence is granted to all the people that reached 18 years old.

Elaborating a new law in this respect follows the necessity to make more efficient the supervision activity of the circulation of guns, ammunitions, explosive materials and substances with civil destination detained in possession of physical and juridical persons, according to Commission of National Security, Defence and Public Order President Iurie Stoicov.

The necessity of adopting a new law in this respect follows the fact that the current Law on gun possession was adopted in 1994 and does not correspond to the current standards any more, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Andrei Pogurschi has said. The new draft also stipulates that people willing to possess a gun will have to pass both a narcological and pshychological test, and a test of the character.

The draft also stipulates measures of evidence and control, interdictions, restrictions when purchasing and using guns, withdrawal and suspension of the gun licence, the deputy minister said. It also refers to the classification of guns, the rights and duties of the gun owners, the import, export and gun trade, etc.

The new draft to enter into force, the new legislative norms are to be adopted, in the final reading, by the Legislative, to promulgated by the President and issued in the Official Monitor.

Currently, there are about 60 thousand guns registered in Moldova.

The Legislative also adopted, in the final reading, the draft law regarding the adherence of Moldova to the Protocol on the explosive war outlets to the Convention on forbidding or limiting the use of some classic guns that may be considered producers of excessive traumatizing effects or that hit without discrimination.  // BASA-Press



Publication date: 14 March 2008   

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