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Update: Comedian Vindicated in Air Gun Incident; All Charges Dropped
AmmoLand ^ | January 28, 2025 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 02/03/2025 4:09:25 AM PST by marktwain

On March 12, 2024, Hans Teeuwen posted a satirical video mocking Femke Halsema, the mayor of Amsterdam. In the video, an object, vaguely appearing to be a pistol, was on a table next to Teeuwen. Within three hours, six policemen appeared at Teeuwen’s door.

Here is a link to the YouTube video of the police arrival and the original video skit. The skit mocks Mayor Halsema. The inclusion of the air pistol was likely to bring attention to how Halsema, her husband, and her son were treated in an incident involving a pistol owned by her husband and criminally misused by the son.

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Teeuwne let the police in. They seized the object. AmmoLand noted the object was probably a Webley air pistol. This supposition was later confirmed.

A commenter on AmmoLand recently asked: what happened to the case?

The original incident received considerable attention and outrage. The resolution of the incident did not receive as much attention. On March 15, 2024, Hans Teeuwen was informed he could pick up the air pistol.  No charges were brought against him.

An English-language version of an article about the incident was found. From world-today-journal.com:

Amsterdam – Hans Teeuwen will receive the gun back on Friday that the police took during a raid on his house on Tuesday. The comedian announced this on Wednesday. A group of six officers arrived at Teeuwen’s home after he posted a video online showing the air pistol.


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KEYWORDS: amsterdam; banglist; doasisaynotasido; europe; femkehalsema; gun; hansteeuwen; mayorofamsterdam; netherlands; satiricalvideo; teeuwen
All charges were dropped against the Dutch Comedian Hans Teeuwen. It appears the air pistol would be returned to him.
1 posted on 02/03/2025 4:09:26 AM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Link to original Youtube video of incident and response:

https://youtu.be/X-VaSAjq294


2 posted on 02/03/2025 4:10:17 AM PST by marktwain
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was just wondering what would happen if a child is captured by the computer cam with a picture of a gun on a table? are gun pictures illegal to possess where guns are highly regulated? not a lawyer and curious.


3 posted on 02/03/2025 4:24:05 AM PST by Qwapisking (Q: know the difference between a petulant 6 y.o. and a liberal? A:age. L.Star )
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To: Qwapisking

Highly site specific, and agency specific.


4 posted on 02/03/2025 5:35:07 AM PST by marktwain
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To: Qwapisking; SaveFerris; PROCON; gundog

5 posted on 02/03/2025 6:05:54 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: marktwain

Imagine loving in a tyranical,nation where the mere sight of a gun by officials sends them into panic and attack mode where they descend on the person’s home as though they were a terrorist.

Sadly, if dems have their way, that is exactly how it will be here, unless americans “break the law” and revolt when that happens like the patriots did back when we had to fight the law 8n order to secure our freedoms. Red flag laws are the beginning of their tyranical violation of our God given inalienable rights.


6 posted on 02/03/2025 6:20:26 AM PST by Bob434 (TTERIES IN THE FIRST ROOM)
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To: Larry Lucido

Nostrils....


7 posted on 02/03/2025 7:37:23 AM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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