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Two tall steel gun safes standing side by side, the left one open to show its felt-lined interior, barrel rests and internal shelf, the right one closed with a keypad lock.

Owning a Firearm in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Lei 5/2006 Licence Classes, the Medical Certificate and PSP Exam, the Four-Gun Ceiling on a B Licence, the Safe You Must Buy First, and the 90 Days You Get on an Inherited Shotgun

Licence B is a legacy licence you cannot apply for. B1 caps you at two weapons, C and D at twenty-five. You need an EN 14450 safe before the PSP will authorise a purchase, the licence never runs beyond five years, and an inherited gun must be declared within 90 days.
The Portugal Brief
PJ's Unidade Nacional Contraterrorismo Sweeps Addresses in Almada Tied to the Coletivo pela Libertação da Palestina — Suspicions Stack Criminal Association, Incitement to Crime, Apology of Crime, Qualified Damage and Offence to a Legal Person

PJ's Unidade Nacional Contraterrorismo Sweeps Addresses in Almada Tied to the Coletivo pela Libertação da Palestina — Suspicions Stack Criminal Association, Incitement to Crime, Apology of Crime, Qualified Damage and Offence to a Legal Person

The PJ's Unidade Nacional Contraterrorismo executed search warrants in Almada against members of the Coletivo pela Libertação da Palestina, naming suspicions of criminal association, incitement, apology of crime, qualified damage and offence to a legal person.
The Portugal Brief
Heavy-lift helicopter with a Bambi bucket releasing water over an active wildfire perimeter at dusk.

Nuno Melo Hands the Forças Armadas a Standing Authorisation to Move on Wildfires Without a Prior Civil-Protection Request — Monte Real Operations Centre Pulls P-3C CUP+, C-295M, Drones and a Black Hawk Onto the Heat-Wave Watch

Defence Minister Nuno Melo on 19 June hands the Forças Armadas a standing authorisation to act on wildfires without a prior civil-protection request, with a permanent Monte Real operations centre running P-3C CUP+, C-295M, drones and a Black Hawk on heat-wave watch.
The Portugal Brief