Knowledge
Guides to Canadian licences, firearm classes and storage, bound books, NFA items, range and reloading logs, plus the gun catalog, calibers, accessories and a glossary — legal rules with citations, specifications with sources.
Nothing matches. The glossary and the catalogs have their own search.
- Authorization to Transport (ATT)Glossary
- Bound bookGlossary
- Chief Firearms Officer (CFO)Glossary
- Concealed carry permitGlossary
- Curio or relic (C&R)Glossary
- Erbwaffe and Blockiersystem (Germany)Glossary
- F im Fünfeck (Germany)Glossary
- Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL)Glossary
- Federal registry banGlossary
- Firearm classes (Canada)Glossary
- Form 1 and Form 4Glossary
- GrandfatheringGlossary
- KK (Kleinkaliber, Germany)Glossary
- Kurzwaffe and Langwaffe (Germany)Glossary
- lfB (Germany)Glossary
- New York recertificationGlossary
- NFA itemGlossary
- NWR-ID (Germany)Glossary
- Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL)Glossary
- Registration certificateGlossary
- Residential Security Container (RSC)Glossary
- Sachkunde (Germany)Glossary
- Schalldämpfer (Germany)Glossary
- Secure gun storage or safety deviceGlossary
- Shooting club recordsGlossary
- Short-barreled rifle (SBR)Glossary
- State storage dutyGlossary
- Storage regulations (SOR/98-209)Glossary
- SuppressorGlossary
- Transfer (Canada)Glossary
- Überlassung (Germany)Glossary
- Wesentliche Teile (Germany)Glossary
Law by country
- Firearms law in CanadaCanadian firearms law at a glance: PAL and RPAL, storage, deadlines and renewals — each statement with its source, plus an as-of date for the law.
- Firearms law in the USFederal US firearms rules at a glance: documents, NFA items, storage and deadlines — each with its source. Where state law decides, the page says so.
- Firearms law in SpainSpanish firearms law at a glance: licenses B to F, weapon cards, storage, deadlines and renewals — each statement with its source, plus an as-of date for the law.
- Firearms law in DenmarkDanish firearms law at a glance: weapon permits, jagttegn, storage, deadlines and renewals — each statement with its source, plus an as-of date for the law.
- Firearms law in SwedenSwedish firearms law at a glance: licences, acquisition permits, storage, deadlines and reviews — each statement with its source and an as-of date.
- Firearms law in SlovakiaSlovak firearms law at a glance: zbrojný preukaz and its groups, purchase permits, storage, deadlines and renewals — each with its source and date.
- Firearms law in the NetherlandsDutch firearms law at a glance: the one-year verlof, acquisition licence, hunting licence, storage, deadlines — each statement with its source and an as-of date.
- Firearms law in BelgiumBelgian firearms law at a glance: licence model 4, regional hunting licence, sport shooter licence, storage, deadlines — each with its source and date.
- Firearms law in NorwayNorwegian firearms law at a glance: licence per gun, one-year acquisition licence, hunting fee, storage, deadlines — each with its source and date.
- Firearms law in IrelandIrish firearms law at a glance: firearm certificates, restricted firearms, storage, deadlines and renewals — each statement with its source and an as-of date.
- Firearms law in LuxembourgLuxembourg firearms law at a glance: carry permits, possession and purchase authorizations, storage, deadlines — each statement with its source and an as-of date.
- Firearms law in HungaryHungarian firearms law at a glance: open-ended licence, sports medical certificate, hunting licence, storage, eight-day deadlines — with source and date.
Look it up
- Gun catalogMakers, models and specifications — every figure with its source.
- CalibersNominal size, ignition, disciplines and the models per caliber.
- AccessoriesOptics, mounts, suppressors, lights/lasers, bipods and magazines with manufacturer figures — plus the legal position by country.
- GlossaryThe terms of firearms law, explained briefly with their source.
Guides
- Keeping a bound bookWhat 27 CFR 478.125(f) asks a Type 03 collector for, and why others keep the same record.
- Tracking NFA itemsForms, tax stamps, trusts and the proof of registration you must be able to produce.
- Keeping a range logRound counts, match records and the five-year record Canadian clubs must be able to give.
- Documenting handloadsComponents, lot numbers, chronograph strings and power factor.
- Inventory, valuation and insuranceThe theft sublimit, blanket policies, adjusters, and reporting a theft with no registry.
- PAL and RPAL: course, application and renewalOne licence, two courses, five years — and why the six months after expiry are no time to go shooting.
- Firearm classes, the handgun freeze and the 2020 prohibitionThree classes, a freeze on handguns since 2022, and a prohibition whose amnesty now depends on the Supreme Court.
- Storage and transport, magazines and suppressorsWhat the storage regulations require for each class, when you need an ATT, how many rounds a magazine may hold — and why a suppressor is not an option.
- European firearms pass: validity and deadlines by countryWhat the EU Firearms Directive says about the pass, how long it is valid in each country, whether and how it can be renewed – and what it does not replace when you travel.
- How we checkWhere our legal statements and catalog data come from, how often we re-read them and what happens when we get something wrong.
- CorrectionsWhat was wrong on our pages, what they say now — and where we checked it.
- Gun inventory apps: what to look forHow to judge an app for your guns, ammunition and permits — and how to check each point yourself before you trust it with your data.
- Accessories and the law — what applies in which countrySuppressors, weapon lights and lasers, magazines: every country regulates them differently. For each country, this shows the classification under firearms law, the wording, the legal reference and when it was checked — from the same catalogs the app uses for its notes.
Tools
What these pages are
Record-keeping questions have good answers, as long as you name the source and stop where the law actually stops. These pages are built that way: the answer first, then the citation, then a plain note that the agency — or a lawyer — decides, not us.
What you will not find here is legal advice, and where a rule was in motion when we wrote, we say so and give the date.