[redstates4ever]

Are citizens allowed to own firearms in Germany?

[wolf78]

Are citizens allowed to own firearms in Germany?

For hunting (which, depending on the region, is quite popular) or as a sport, of course. There are many "Schuetzenvereine", even a girl I went to school with spent much of her spare time at the shooting range back then.

Guns need to be registered, however, and if you are not a hunter or a member of a club and just want to own a gun for "personal protection", a licenses is seldom granted (there are exceptions).

But then again, there's always a "black market". I mean, cocaine is also illegal in the US, but you still can get plenty.

[Red6]

Only if you spit against the wind, jump over fire, roll on your back, and shove fists full of money down a bureaucrats throat are you as a normal tax paying law abiding citizen allowed to own a gun.

Concealed carry? Forget it.

[lowbuck]

Your kidding of course? Having the "right to own firearms is the perogitative of the king only".

[Red6]

In particular: http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administration/crime_records/chl/chlsindex.htm

Concealed carry is no where in Germany except if you're with the big Vater Staat. You don't have a right to defend yourself there, the Polizei or BVS is supposed to do that for you. The state maintains a "Gewaltmonopol" and you as a citizen do not have a right to use deadly force.