Overview

• The state’s Ministerrat approved the prohibition on Tuesday, making it effective immediately across all buses and trains.
• The ban covers firearms as well as all types of bladed and stabbing weapons under Germany’s Weapons Act.
• Exemptions are granted for rescue, fire and civil protection personnel and for people carrying knives for hunting, fishing, traditional customs or sports.
• Violations are treated as administrative offences and carry fines of up to €10,000 along with possible confiscation of weapons and knives.
• The measure aligns Baden-Württemberg with recent transit weapons restrictions in Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia as authorities seek to curb rising knife violence.