Permit for the operation of civilian shooting ranges

In order to perform the activity, you are obliged to register and select the appropriate status form.

The responsible person of the legal entity and the entrepreneur and the individuals employed by them who directly handle firearms and ammunition must meet the following conditions in addition to the general conditions established by the regulations governing employment relationships: being a citizen of the Republic of Slovenia, being at least 18 years of age, no public order concerns, being reliable, passing a medical examination for carrying weapons and a test of competence in handling weapons.

Details

Premises where and devices with which the activity of the shooting range is directly performed must be adequately protected against access by unauthorised persons:

• the space on the shooting range where firearms and ammunition are stored must be separate from the space intended for shooting, and must be intended only for storing firearms,
• the space intended for storing of firearms and ammunition must be mechanically and electronically protected:
  • mechanical protection of the premises means that all windows, if firearms are stored in the basement or ground floor of the building, must be secured with metal gratings or separately locked wooden shutters or metal shutters, or have metal frames and safety glazing. Safety glazing can be substituted by metal gratings, shutters or safety foil (the foil must be installed in accordance with the quality standards to meet at least EN356 P3A certificates) that prevent entry into the premises. The door in the premises where firearms are stored must be solid, without glass openings, with a multi-point closing mechanism and a lock protected against breaking. In the case of single-point locking, the door must be additionally secured by a bar. The conditions listed above must be met for the mechanical protection of premises where firearms of companies, entrepreneurs and other legal entities are stored, premises intended for the sale of firearms, premises of shooting ranges where firearms are stored, and museum premises where firearms are stored or exhibited: the walls and ceilings of these premises must be made of hard construction material (e.g. brick, concrete) with a thickness of at least 10 cm or other construction material (e.g. plasterboard) with a metal substructure that does not allow physical passage;
  • electronic protection is a security system consisting of a certified security alarm control panel, which can be connected to all types of electronic detectors that detect and report unauthorised access to the protected premises,
• firearms must be stored separately from ammunition in a burglar-proof container, and ammunition in a fireproof cabinet. If category A firearms or more than 30 pieces of firearms of categories B and C are stored on the premises, the signal of the electronic detectors must be connected to the intervention centre of the security company when the facility is not in operation and there are no people in it
• during regular activity in the facility where firearms are stored, the premises where firearms are stored must be locked, and the keys to the premises must be held by the responsible person.

Legal basis

• Rules on technical requirements for safeguarding ams depots, on rules pertaining to shooting ranges and on conditions for shooting