More and more people in Saxony are arming themselves. This was revealed by a small question from state parliament member Juliane Nagel (Left Party). According to the Ministry of the Interior's answer, 32,800 private gun owners were registered in the Free State at the end of 2025, 300 more than in the previous year. At the same time, the number of legally owned firearms rose by almost 2,500 to just under 158,000. These include irritant, signal and alarm weapons.
"Alarm weapons also remain in demand. This is shown by the increasing number of so-called small firearms licenses, which entitle the holder to carry them concealed in public," emphasized Nagel. At the end of the year, 25,155 small firearms licenses had been issued - 459 more than a year earlier. The number of weapons acquired on this basis is not recorded.
