What if you find or inherit a weapon? - You want to give up the gun

You must to divest you of the weapon in a three-month period.

You have 5 possibilities to divest yourself of the weapon:

• Sell the gun to a gunsmith
• Sell the firearm to an individual through a licensed dealer or broker
• Hand the weapon over to a gunsmith for destruction (a fee the gunsmith can charge)
• Hand the weapon over to a police station or gendarme brigade for destruction or valorization. You must complete and sign the cerfa form no. 11845.
• Deposit the weapon with a gunsmith designated by the State, for destruction or recovery (attention : experimentation with this method of divestiture is interrupted until further notice).

When you relinquish the weapon, you must present to the professional a valid identity document. For example, national identity card, passport.