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German shooting clubs lobby against EU gun control
Deutsche Welle ^ | 21.12.2015 | Ben Knight

Posted on 12/23/2015 11:16:42 AM PST by Olog-hai

German gun club lobbyists were invited to the German Interior Ministry (BMI) last week to discuss something that has been bothering them for a while - the European Commission's proposed plans to tighten Europe's gun laws, which were suddenly revived from legislative stagnation in the wake of the "Islamic State" attacks in Paris in November.

By all accounts, the visit was a success. "The proposal contains things that the BMI said would be difficult for them, and where changes would be called for," said Joachim Streitberger, head of Germany's association of shooting ranges (BVS), after he emerged from the meeting. "After this conversation, I do not expect the draft to come into force in the present form." ...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: banglist; europeanunion; eussr; france; guncontrol; isis; paris; rop

1 posted on 12/23/2015 11:16:42 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Yes, the problem with terrorists getting guns to murder people is because it is to easy for law abiding citizens to get them.


2 posted on 12/23/2015 11:19:21 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
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To: Olog-hai
European Commission's proposed plans to tighten Europe's gun laws

This will make the serfs easier to kill by ISIS

Governments are either stupid or don't care, there doesn't seem to be any middle ground.

3 posted on 12/23/2015 11:25:01 AM PST by TYVets
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To: Olog-hai

Their glider clubs went on to become the Luftwaffe.

Hopefully these shooting clubs will go on to become 21st century versions of the early 19th century Freikorps.


4 posted on 12/23/2015 11:26:49 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: TYVets

Govts are (rightly) afraid of armed honest citizens. It’s not a long step from shooting a burglar to another sort of criminal..... the average bureaucrat or elected official.


5 posted on 12/23/2015 11:34:50 AM PST by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost,in time, like tears in rain.)
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To: Seruzawa
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."

Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father

6 posted on 12/23/2015 11:45:33 AM PST by TYVets
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