Is it legal to buy a stun gun in United Kingdom?
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Legal position
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Stun guns are prohibited weapons in the United Kingdom and ordinary public purchase is not lawful without special authority.
Conditions
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Only a person with Secretary of State authority can lawfully possess purchase or acquire a prohibited weapon.
Exceptions
Known carve-outs or edge cases
Official or specially authorised possession is outside this ordinary public row.
Penalties
Penalty snapshot
Home Office guidance says anyone wishing to possess purchase or acquire stun guns or similar electrical discharge weapons must obtain authority and CPS guidance treats prohibited weapon offences as serious criminal matters.
Enforcement
How this may be enforced
Police and Border Force treat stun guns as prohibited weapons and can seize them.
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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
Compact stun guns are prohibited weapons in Canada and ordinary public purchase is not lawful.
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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