FRANCE DOES NOT BAN GUNS! This article is a bunch of CRAP!
From Breitbart-— http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/14/strict-gun-control-bans-impotent-terrorists-open-fire-paris/
France has all-out gun bans for certain types of firearms. For example, A Review of French Gun Laws (2012) shows that “ownership of fully automatic firearms [is prohibited] for civilians†under French gun control laws. Yet fully automatic weapons were the very kind used in the Charlie Hebdo attack.
And when it comes to semi-automatic firearms, a person has to go through the very kind of expanded background checks that President Obama and other gun control proponents would like to institute in the U.S. Those checks entail acquiring and maintaining “an active shooting club [membership]†and going to the range “at least three times a year.†They also include “seeing a doctor every year,†who declares one “physically and mentally capable of owning a firearm,†and filling out lots of paperwork.
Yet in the end, these gun controls appear as impotent against determined attackers as do gun-free zones in the United States. These laws create an uneven playing field, where the terrorist and criminal are armed, but law abiding citizens–even hundreds of them at a time–are soft targets for lawless men with bad intentions.
You seem to have a fair understanding of France, so please permit me ask you three questions:
1. Is it difficult to buy a rifle in France? Suppose I wanted to buy a bolt-action hunting rifle. Could I just go down to the local sporting goods store, put down the cash, and take it home?
2. I think I already know the answer to this one, but is it easy for the average French citizen to get a concealed carry permit?
3.If I'm allowed to have a gun, must that gun must be kept locked up at home? Because if that's so, what good will it do me in situations like this?
Show me a photo of a French Concealed Carry Permit. Yeah.
Show me the percentage of French people who own a handgun. It's tiny, and you know it.