Azerbaijan raises minimum age for civilian firearm ownership to 21

The Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (Parliament) has ratified a new amendment allowing citizens aged 21 and over to acquire civilian firearms, Report informs.

This approval came during the third reading of the amendment to the Law "On Service and Civilian Weapons."

The current legislation sets the age limit for acquiring civilian firearms at 18. This new amendment will raise the minimum age requirement to 21.

Entities eligible to acquire service and civilian weapons in Azerbaijan include state bodies and legal entities with special statutory duties, enterprises involved in the development, testing, production, or sale of service and civilian weapons, sports and hunting societies, and educational institutions.

Following thorough discussions at today's plenary meeting of the parliament, the draft amendment was put to a vote and received approval in the third reading.