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HOW MANY GUNS A NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEMBER CAN KEEP?

sudhirkh wrote:HOW MANY GUNS A NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEMBER CAN KEEP?

3+1

Dear Shooter

All Indians can have 3 weapons with proper license.
Rifle club members can keep any number of weapons.
But the Home Department, Govt. of India has limited the numbers to 10 pieces.
There is no limit to keep antique weapons properly registered with the Department of Archaeology.



Pandian.

pandian1948 wrote:Dear Shooter

All Indians can have 3 weapons with proper license.
Rifle club members can keep any number of weapons.
But the Home Department, Govt. of India has limited the numbers to 10 pieces.
There is no limit to keep antique weapons properly registered with the Department of Archaeology.



Pandian.

Not true! Please read Section 3 of the Arms Act 1959, members of rifle clubs are allowed a .22 rifle for the purpose of target practice over and above the normal limit of 3 firearms, therefore WTP is correct in stating 3+1.

As the the maximum limit of 10, you are confusing rifle club members with those persons who have achieved "renowned shot" status in the National shooting competitions. Renowned shots are allowed an additional TWO firearms (for target practice) over and above their limit of 3+1 for EACH discipline in which they qualify as a "renowned shot", subject to an overall maximum of 10 firearms.

Cheers!
Abhijeet

I am posting this question for better understanding of the legal or may be illegal procedure followed by MHA to limit the maximum number of weapons of rifle club members to three plus one and maximum ten for renowned shots. If one reads sub section 3 of Section 3 of Arms Act 1959 it says the following:

(3) Nothing contained in sub-section (2) shall apply to any dealer in firearms or to any member of a rifle club or rifle association licensed or recognised by the Central Government using a point 22 bore rifle or an air rifle for target practice.

The message of Parliament is very clear in the above sub section. Has MHA been delegated powers by Parliament to override the provisions of Arms Act 1959 itself? If yes then using powers delegated under which Section of Arms Act 1959, MHA has overridden the Sub Section 3 of Arms Act 1959 to restrict the maximum number of weapons to three plus one or maximum ten? If someone has the concerned notifications, it may give some clue. Or am I making some error in interpreting the sub section 3 of Section 3 of Arms Act 1959?