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What punishments do I face if I illegally use soft air weapons?

• Anyone who, without authorisation, offers, transfers, acts as an intermediary for, acquires, possesses, produces, commercially repairs, modifies, carries or brings weapons into Switzerland may face imprisonment of up to three years or a fine.
• If the offender acts negligently, the punishment shall be a monetary fine, in lesser cases there may be no punishment.
• A monetary fine for transgression will be imposed on a person who disregards the duty of care when transferring weapons, imports weapons without authorisation, does not report the loss of a weapon to the police or uses prohibited forms of offering weapons.