Germany approves stricter gun control laws

[PHDNM]

Germany approves stricter gun control laws

The new regulations include greater powers for authorities to check in on gun owners. However, some opposition politicians called for more action on homemade firearms after the anti-Semitic attack in Halle in October.

Dec 13, 2019

Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said that the government's goal is "no weapons in the hands of extremists." This includes implementing an amended European Firearms Directive into German law in order to make it more difficult for criminals and terrorists to get their hands on weapons.

Another facet of the law is a new regulation that would have everyone who owns a gun in Germany be checked every five years, and they will have to justify why they need a gun in the first place. Furthermore, anyone who is a part of an "unconstitutional group" will be denied a firearms license.

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-approv...aws/a-51657321

[Smitty]

"[T]hey will have to justify why they need a gun in the first place."

Man, this is just an appalling amount of government "oversight." It really does make for a tractable population. The politicians and their henchmen (the police, the military) hold all the cards.

[Cristiano viejo]

Immigrants will respect this law, JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA.

[Daos777]

Only criminals and the state’s gangsters can have guns. What can go wrong for the average man? He doesn’t need a gun ever right?