Is it legal to possess a stun gun in a car in Colombia?
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Colombia authorizes electric less-lethal devices only within the framework of Decreto 1563 de 2022. Electric devices are only authorized if they meet the decree’s technical specifications, and the civilian possession and carry framework requires marking and a permit process for less-lethal items.
Conditions
What would need to be true
The device must fit the decree's technical limits for electric control devices, and the civilian marking and permit process must be followed before relying on possession or carry.
Exceptions
Known carve-outs or edge cases
No exceptions have been entered yet.
Penalties
Penalty snapshot
Non-compliant or unprocessed electric less-lethal devices can be seized.
Enforcement
How this may be enforced
INDUMIL and the Department Control Comercio de Armas oversee civilian marking and permit procedures for less-lethal devices.
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Australia
Australia does not have one uniform civilian stun-gun rule. Victoria Police classifies a Taser or stun gun 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 customs material treats handheld electric-shock devices, including Tasers, stun guns and stun batons, as arms.
Belgium
Belgian Justice lists portable devices that use electric shocks to neutralise persons as prohibited weapons. Prohibited weapons cannot lawfully be possessed, bought, transported or carried by civilians.
Canada
Keeping a stun gun in a car is not lawful in Canada for the public because compact electric shock devices are prohibited weapons.
Denmark
Electric-discharge weapons in Denmark are permit-controlled. Official Danish weapons rules prohibit possession and carrying of such weapons without police permission, and Danish police say strompistoler require a permit that is given only exceptionally and under very special circumstances.
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