Is it legal to carry a taser in Germany?
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Legal position
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Carrying a Taser in Germany is not a clean yes or no because electric shock devices are prohibited unless they are officially approved as harmless and carry the required PTB test mark and some models may need separate classification review.
Conditions
What would need to be true
The device should carry the official PTB approval mark before it is treated as lawful for ordinary public handling.
Exceptions
Known carve-outs or edge cases
The BKA says old non-approved electroshock devices already possessed before 1 January 2011 may only continue to be possessed and may not be carried and some Taser-style projectile models may need separate classification checking.
Penalties
Penalty snapshot
If the device falls into the prohibited category then handling it can be punished under section 52 WaffG with up to three years imprisonment or a fine.
Enforcement
How this may be enforced
Police and customs can examine the PTB mark product type firing method and whether the device is an old non-approved item or a currently approved one.
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Australia
Australia does not have one uniform civilian Taser 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
Carrying a Taser or similar compact electric shock weapon is not lawful in Canada for the public because the device is treated as prohibited.
Colombia
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.
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