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German Court Rules Supporters Of Right-Wing Party Will Be Banned From Owning Firearms
thepublica.com ^ | July 12, 2024 | Natasha Biase

Posted on 07/13/2024 10:50:05 AM PDT by PROCON

German court has ruled that members of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party can be banned from owning firearms, citing the party’s right-wing “extremist” views.

In its July 1 judgment, the 22nd Chamber of the Düsseldorf Administrative Court explained that the AfD members and affiliates engage in “anti-constitutional activities” and are presumed ineligible to own weapons under the country’s strict gun control laws.

The decision, which can be appealed, comes after a married couple, both of whom are AfD members, filed a precedent-setting lawsuit against the revocation of their firearms licenses. The court ruled that the couple fulfilled the criteria of ineligibility and must surrender or destroy all 224 of their firearms. They were also ordered to destroy any other weapons they have, and all of their ammunition.

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, has formally placed the AfD under suspicion of working to undermine the country’s democracy. That classification was upheld in May by an administrative court, which rejected an AfD lawsuit over the designation.

“Merely membership in a party suspected of anti-constitutional activities regularly leads to the presumption of ineligibility under gun law under the applicable strict standards of gun law, even if the party has not been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court on the grounds of unconstitutionality,” reads an English translation of the Düsseldorf Administrative Court’s decision.

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The AfD was founded in 2013 as an alternative to the center-right Christian Democratic Union. Although it has been branded as extremist by mainstream media for its opposition to immigration, Islam, and membership in the European Union, the party has grown in popularity among young voters in recent years.

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TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; afd; banglist; bias; firearms; germany; nra; secondamendment
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To: PROCON

Naziism is illegal in Germany ... except when it’s practiced by the German government ... then it’s OK ... as long as it’s done with “good intentions”, the Left’s most important qualifier.


21 posted on 07/13/2024 11:08:42 AM PDT by glennaro (2024: The Year of The Reckoning, lest our Republic succumb to the "progressive" disease of the Left)
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To: PROCON

Our dear, Democratic NATO allies.


22 posted on 07/13/2024 11:08:52 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: PROCON

(liberals in America stare hungrily and lick their chops)


23 posted on 07/13/2024 11:09:09 AM PDT by Lazamataz (joesbucks is back. Let's remedy that! 😁)
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To: basalt

The Nazis were obviously left-wing. They believed in a strong central government, minimal rights for the average citizen, etc.

But as you noted, the Nazis did have fancy military uniforms. That made them right-wing. Crazy, huh?


24 posted on 07/13/2024 11:10:06 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: PROCON

Not just Germany but the entire EUro-Reich is the enemy of freedom loving people.


25 posted on 07/13/2024 11:10:39 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: PROCON

So, the US, France and now Germany is going after the “right wing” after they win elections. None dare call this a conspiracy.


26 posted on 07/13/2024 11:10:56 AM PDT by caver ( )
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To: PROCON

Nein Muzzleblasteninheit und der AfD

Sieg Heil!....everybody!

The leftists of Germany are going fascist once again.



27 posted on 07/13/2024 11:13:39 AM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sounds like the Enabling Act part 2.


28 posted on 07/13/2024 11:18:05 AM PDT by ssapro (SSAPRO/ EXBP)
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To: glennaro

> as long as it’s done with “good intentions”, the Left’s most important qualifier <

Another thing the average Leftist believes is “this time it will be different”.

I say average there, because the average Leftist is a naive dupe. On the other hand, the Leftist leadership knows it will NOT be different. And they are counting on that.


29 posted on 07/13/2024 11:19:32 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right

Actually, Red Flag laws can be used to accomplish the same thing, disarming individuals deemed ‘dangerous’ by a family member.


30 posted on 07/13/2024 11:29:37 AM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: PROCON

Yeah

And also they then made people wear armbands to visibly show who they were to others

Then they rounded them up, and not for picnics


31 posted on 07/13/2024 11:32:05 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Leaning Right
this time it will be different

Excellent point ... one that I often neglect to include as a form of "this time we have the 'right' people". Cheers!

32 posted on 07/13/2024 11:32:19 AM PDT by glennaro (2024: The Year of The Reckoning, lest our Republic succumb to the "progressive" disease of the Left)
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To: PROCON

Meanwhile the muslim thugs there continue to rape german girls and women and suffer zero consequences, enabled by the same officials


33 posted on 07/13/2024 11:33:20 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: glennaro

This was the rationale of the last group, too :)


34 posted on 07/13/2024 11:34:28 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: PROCON

Right. And if Democrats get their way, these Red Flag laws will be expanded.

You said something hateful (just not politically correct). That’s a red flag.
You belong to a conservative organization? That’s a red flag.
Etc.

Trump 2024 or bust.


35 posted on 07/13/2024 11:41:34 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: PROCON

OK krauts— now BAN the Communist Parties in Germany from possessing firearms. Do that! They won’t. That is who they ARE!


36 posted on 07/13/2024 11:43:29 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: RandallFlagg

Time to start feeding the hogs.


37 posted on 07/13/2024 12:36:19 PM PDT by SharpenedEdge (Stockpile. Prepare. Arm. Train. A Storm is coming.)
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To: PROCON

remember friends, after WWll Germany was at the mercy of all other Euroweenie countries and were not allowed to re-arm in any way shape or form. that turned out well. only a maroon would believe the communists in Germany will in the end prevail. this will get really interesting before it’s all done and said.


38 posted on 07/13/2024 12:42:52 PM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: PROCON
History repeats itself but this time it's the communists (democrats).

"Waffengesetz. Vom 18. März 1938. Die Reichsregierung hat das folgende Gesetz beschlossen, das hiermit verkündet wird: Abschnitt I Allgemeines Bearbeiten § 1 Bearbeiten (1) Schußwaffen im Sinne dieses Gesetzes sind Waffen, bei denen ein fester Körper durch Gas- oder Luftdruck durch einen Lauf getrieben werden kann. (2) Als Munition im Sinne dieses Gesetzes gilt fertige Munition zu Schußwaffen sowie Schießpulver jeder Art. (3) Fertige oder vorgearbeitete wesentliche Teile von Schußwaffen oder Munition stehen fertigen Schußwaffen oder fertiger Munition gleich." Et al

Weapon law. Dated March 18, 1938. The Reich Government has passed the following law, which is hereby promulgated: Section I General Edit § 1 Edit (1) Firearms within the meaning of this law are weapons in which a solid body can be propelled through a barrel using gas or air pressure. (2) Ammunition within the meaning of this law includes finished ammunition for firearms and gunpowder of any kind. (3) Finished or pre-processed essential parts of firearms or ammunition are equivalent to finished firearms or finished ammunition.

39 posted on 07/13/2024 12:49:54 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Phoenix8

“I used to defend Germany.”

Pre Weimar...when Germany was still Germany. Bavaria still has traces. Time for Frederick Barbarossa to come out of Kyffhäuser Mountains.


40 posted on 07/13/2024 12:59:58 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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