Welcome to Weapons Licensing Group
Weapons Licensing keeps our communities safe, while enabling people with a genuine reason to own and operate a firearm or weapon. Our purpose is to effectively regulate the acquisition, possession, use and disposal of registered firearms and weapons in the interests of community safety.
For more information and other up-to-date information at Weapons Licensing, see the news section. Please do not use general enquiry methods to ask about the status of applications unless there is an urgent need, so our staff can focus on processing and issuing applications.
Unplanned outage - Weapons Application Online (WAO)
Weapons Application Online will be undergoing planned system maintenance for the following periods:
5pm Tuesday May 7 – 12:30am Wednesday May 8 2024 and
10:45pm Wednesday May 8 - 03:30am Thursday May 9.
WAO will be unavailable for use during this time.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any enquiries please contact Weapons Licensing Group on (07) 3015 7777 during business hours.
Current average online application timeframes as at 06/05/2024
New licence applications - 10.4 weeks
Permit to acquire applications - 19 days
Any delays or extensions to these time frames may be a result of insufficient information on behalf of the applicant or where the applicant may be asked for further information as identified by the Authorised Officer.
Weapons Licensing will always proceed with the principles of individual and community safety when making decisions on applications.
A Permit to Acquire applied for using a new licence application case reference, in accordance with section 39 of the Weapons Act 1990, requires the determination of the licence before the Permit to Acquire is actioned.
Licences and weapons in Queensland
As at 06/05/2024, in Queensland there are -
- Issued licences: 223, 556
- Licensees: 203,400
- Total number of registered weapons: 1,046,220