It seems to be I wasn't clear enough earlier:
NO AMMUNITION is LEGAL unless is bought at a DOMINICAN REPUBLIC's armory or poligono!!!!!!!
NO gun which "CALIBER" is greater than **9mm** is to be considered a "NORMAL" licensed gun. Anything of higher caliber is an "EXCEPTION" to the rules.
The fact that you have X gun of X caliber which goes out of the above described rules, means your gun and permit are BOTH included in the "EXCEPTIONS".
Bringing AMMUNITION in your luggage when coming from abroad is NOT just like bringing a pair of tennis shoes...
Just because you have the "luck" to bring it several times with you, doesn't mean anything than most likely a "MISPLACED" courtesy of the pertaining official at customs.
Just like happens when you drive your car, with a naked plain of view bottle of brugal in the front seat. Or the untold kind of things common in our country. The fact that you get away with it, means "0" if something goes the other way.
Ammunition is not coffee or an iPod!!!!! DO NOT BRING IT WITH YOU UNLESS WITH A PERMIT FROM THE DOMINICAN CONSULATE ABROAD TO DO SO.
On regards to +p, +p+, P++, etc... Ammunition not purchased or sold at one of the TWO above referred to sites is to be considered "ILEGAL" both to possess and make use of.
I plan to separate from my military active "status" and therefore will make use of my 9mm Beretta instead of my now licensed .45 as my carry weapon of option.
I can't stress any more that in our country, even when it seems to be ok to do things out of the loop and within the exceptions; it's in your best self serving interest to abide by the standard rather than be counted within the exceptions.
Even adding something as simple a rather innocent, like a compensator to your gun, can and will become a pain in the neck should you ever be involved in a lethally armed confrontation.
Badpiece is not lying or otherwise wrong from his personal experience and the issue, but like I said, exceptions are not to be treated or considered as the norm attached to the standard in the DR.
Bringing ammo with you in your luggage is NOT illegal, but permissible under a strict guideline of caliber and quantity, apart from end user. Under the guidelines one should obtain a written permit of sorts from the abroad Dominican consulate, in order to bring the ammo safely and legally. Odds are that almost 90% of our consulates operate with remarkable deficiencies when it comes to dealing in conformity with regulations.
Many will simply tell you that it's rather OK to just pack them into you checked luggage, always that the amount and caliber is met. But the guidelines tell other wise!
There's a ban on ammo import in large quantities, as in commercial terms. The ban doesn't extend to personal importing of a very limited quantity for licensed holders.
In theory, the person bringing the ammo should contact the abroad consulate nearest to him. There his gun license should be made available, stating the caliber of ammo for the gun. The consulate then should proceed to issue a permit of personal use import, for the amount of ammo allowed under such guideline.
What happens in practical use is not what's described in the guidelines.
Seldom anything in the DR meet guidelines, doesn't it?
