AFU (Right to Bear Arms)

An Approval for Firearms Usage (Arabic: الموافقة على الأسلحة النارية الاستخدام, French: Approbation d'utilisation d'armes à feu) or AFU in short, is an authorization amd certification issued by North Syria's Royal National Police for local law enforcement and security groups in the Kingdom to be able to use firearms.

An AFU is considered the "closest" form to any type of civilian ownership of firearms, as well as the only form of non-RNP and non-military civilian use of firearms, as firearms are illegal to all North Syrian citizens. Even then, firearms are provided for by the government, and users can only use their firearms while on duty.

In order to attain an AFU certification, a person must be a legally recognized head or leader of a security or law enforcement group. Individual crime watch organizations are not considered part of this grouping, and therefore - are not legible for attain this type of certification.

The person must then submit an application to the the RNP's Firearms and Projectiles Department and have an interview with a Chief Officer explaining the reasoning for requesting firearms usage. After a thorough police sweep and inspections of the public facility, as well as training at any law enforcement or military acedemy, an AFU will be issued to that security program to train its members to use firearms.