Question 16823 — weapons

Summary

Mr. Lionel Tivoli draws the attention of the Minister of the Interior to the persistent dysfunctions in the processing of requests for renewal of authorizations to possess weapons for sports shooters. In many departments, sports shooters holding authorizations to possess category B weapons are experiencing increasingly long processing times for the renewal of their authorizations. Yet, these holders scrupulously respect the obligations incumbent on them. They submit their applications within the regulatory deadlines, hold a valid sports license, are registered in the weapons information system (SIA), are subject to regular administrative checks and meet all the requirements provided for by the internal security code. Despite this, the delays accumulated by some prefectural services today lead to particularly worrying situations. Files remain without investigation for several months, even though the applicants have completed all the required formalities. Even more worrying, certain police services or gendarmerie units summon sports shooters in order to carry out checks relating to authorizations for which renewal could not be issued. only due to administration processing times. Such a situation appears paradoxical. Legal holders are thus subject to additional constraints even though they are not responsible for any breach. At the same time, the internal security forces devote precious time to administrative procedures concerning perfectly identified people who are regularly checked and do not presenting, in the vast majority of cases, no particular threat to public order. This mobilization of personnel seems all the more questionable as the police and gendarmes already face a considerable operational burden linked to the fight against delinquency, arms trafficking, terrorism, violence against people and attacks on property. It appears difficult to justify that the consequences of administrative delays are borne both by users who respect the regulations and by the police, forced to ensure monitoring made necessary by administrative dysfunctions alone. Consequently, he asks: what are the exact causes of the delays observed in the services responsible for examining renewals of authorizations to possess weapons; how many files renewal are currently pending, department by department, as well as the average processing time observed; what measures the Government intends to take to sustainably resolve these delays; if national instructions will be given so that holders who have submitted their application within the regulatory deadlines are no longer subject to summons or unnecessary procedures when the delay is exclusively attributable to administration; finally, if a simplification of renewal procedures is envisaged for holders presenting no change in administrative, judicial or medical situation, in order to concentrate the resources of State services on the prevention of illicit detentions and the fight against arms trafficking.

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