Query about online retail of air guns

[Shootingequipments]

Selling and purchasing of AIR PISTOLS/RIFLES and other shooting accessories in online market, legal in India or not ???
Please suggest me as this is very helpful for me and other shooting persons also.
Thanks.

[mundaire]

There is no prohibition on online sale (for airguns exempt from licensing), however there is an obligation on part of the dealer to obtain ID & residence proof of the purchaser and maintain a register of sales. Please see relevant Rules (from Arms Rules 2016) below:

Rule 84 (2) Sale, transfer and keeping for sale or transfer of all types of air weapons including air rifles, air guns and paintball markers or guns irrespective of the muzzle energy or caliber or bore shall be only through the authorised arms and ammunition dealers or the air weapon dealers licensed under these rules: Provided that any existing air weapon dealer shall, within a period of one year from the date of notification of these rules in the Official Gazette, apply to the licensing authority for grant of a licence for sale, transfer and keeping for sale or transfer of such weapons and the licensing authority may grant a licence in Form VIII-A to such dealer:

Provided further that the sale or transfer of air weapons including air rifles and air guns having muzzle energy more than 20 joules or 15 ft. lbs. and/or bore more than 0.177”or 4.5 mm and paintball markers or guns having muzzle energy not exceeding 90 m/s or 300 ft/s (300 fsp), shall be made only through an authorised arms and ammunition dealer to a valid arms licence holder.

(3) Sale or transfer by the authorised arms and ammunition dealer or the air weapon dealer of air weapons including air rifles and air guns having muzzle energy less than 20 joules or 15 ft. lbs. and/or bore less than 0.177”or 4.5 mm shall be made against obtaining of an identification and residence proof from the buyer thereof and against issuance of an invoice containing the said particulars at the time of sale.

Explanation.─ For the purpose of these rules, “air weapon dealer” means a dealer, who buys, sells, transfers or keeps for sale or transfer air weapons having muzzle energy less than 20 joules or 15 ft. lbs. and/or bore less than 0.177”or 4.5 mm and having been granted a licence in Form VIII-A by the licensing authority.

85. Obligations of air weapon dealers.─ (1) The air weapon dealer shall keep a register namely, the ‘Air Weapon Stock Register’, wherein on the debit side, all the receipts of air-weapons against an invoice issued by manufacturers or dealers as the case may be; or in case of other person with details of name and address of such person, shall be recorded with the date of such receipt and on the credit side, all the sales or transfers of air weapons against sales invoice to be issued shall be recorded with the date of such sale or transfer containing full details of the name and address of the buyer:
Provided that the licensee shall obtain and keep in his records proof of identification and proof of residence of the buyer and also of the seller at the time of purchase except in case of a trade transfer.

(2) The air weapon dealers shall ensure that they have the capacity to store the air weapons as per the safe storage requirements as specified in rule 10.

(3) Every air weapon dealer shall obtain a UIN to get himself registered on the NDAL database through the licensing authority of his jurisdiction and allotted a separate user-id and password for log in purposes and the licensing authority may require such dealer to upload the complete details of his transactions on the NDAL database on weekly basis for the week in addition to the register specified under sub-rule (1):
Provided that the weekly returns for the current week shall be submitted by the close of business hours on every Saturday.

You can download the Arms Rules 2016 from viewtopic.php?f=47&t=24511&p=242706#p242706

[Aishgupta]

Selling and purchasing of AIR PISTOLS/RIFLES and other shooting accessories in online market, legal in India or not ???
Please suggest me as this is very helpful for me and other shooting persons also.
Thanks.

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