Is it legal to carry a brass knuckles in Colombia?
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Colombia classifies brass knuckles (manoplas metálicas) as less-lethal kinetic items under Decreto 1563 de 2022. Their commercialization and importation are regulated, and the decree links civilian possession of less-lethal items to marking/registration procedures even though kinetic items do not require a carry permit.
Conditions
What would need to be true
Do not assume ordinary unrestricted possession. Use only items covered by the decree and follow the current marking or registration workflow required by the competent weapons authority.
Exceptions
Known carve-outs or edge cases
Kinetic items do not require a carry permit under the decree, but that does not remove the broader regulatory and seizure rules for less-lethal items.
Penalties
Penalty snapshot
Non-compliant or unprocessed less-lethal items can be seized by the authorities.
Enforcement
How this may be enforced
INDUMIL and the Department Control Comercio de Armas handle the civilian less-lethal marking and permit framework, and police may seize non-compliant items.
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Australia
Australia does not have one uniform civilian brass-knuckles rule. Victoria Police classifies a knuckle-duster as a prohibited weapon, and Victoria Police approval material says prohibited weapons generally require Chief Commissioner approval or an applicable exemption for purchase, possession, carriage or transport. Australian Border Force treats knuckle-dusters as weapons subject to border controls.
Austria
Austria classifies brass knuckles as prohibited weapons in category A. The official weapons overview says acquisition, possession and carrying of category A weapons are fundamentally prohibited.
Belgium
Belgian Justice lists American brass knuckles as prohibited weapons. Prohibited weapons cannot lawfully be possessed, bought, transported or carried by civilians.
Canada
Carrying brass knuckles is not lawful in Canada for the public because they are prohibited weapons.
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