Posted on 02/06/2014 9:05:32 AM PST by aimhigh
Police have called upon the military for help and are scratching their heads as to how and why a man in southern Sweden managed to amass an arsenal of hundreds of weapons, 557 of which he had a licence to own. . . . . . . .
Fearing an explosion, officers cordoned off the house and called in a bomb squad and the military for help. Closer inspection showed that the homeowner had actually had licences for 557 of the weapons, but questions have been raised as to whether such an extensive collection is nevertheless in breach of Sweden's weapon laws. The man is also suspected of breaching Sweden's flammable and explosive item laws. . . . . .
And it doesn't seem likely that the gun owner will be reunited with his extensive collection, much to the irritation of the 70-year-old Swede. "He won't be getting them back, and he's not very happy. But he is being very polite about it, he's a real gentleman," Dahlbäck said.
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“bork bork bork”
That you, Johnnie?
An explosion...
Someone get me a crying towel! /s
Good grief!
If he likes guns and wants a collection, where’s the problem.
Governments are the enemy of freedom. If there’s freedom out there, they’ll find it like they were a Geiger Counter. Oooo, it’s over this way...
Were they afraid the guns would spontaneously combust?
He probably lives near Malmo where he may need them to fight of rioting mobs of Muslims.
What were they afraid he’d do with the other 556 weapons, that he couldn’t do with ONE that they deemed ok?
heck....start at 10 seconds...
no sense letting them think they have 20 seconds for heroics....OR....taking you out...
” I’m scared to death my rifles and handguns and their associated ammo will spontaneously explode one day.”
Several years ago in the village of Baltic, Oh., a guy kept his black powder and reloading stuff in an oven in his basement. One day his wife wanted to use the oven. The resulting explosion damaged the foundation. True story.
THE GUN NUT from an old poem (1500AD)
I am an upright citizen.
I cannot stand the smell of powder even.
Yet I own all kinds of weapons,
Leaving me few laudations.
I know not how to use them,
Just to see that rust does not suffuse them.
“Of course - I’m scared to death my rifles and handguns and their associated ammo will spontaneously explode one day.”
Or get up on their own while you are away and kill the mailman!
“If you like your guns, you can keep your guns. Period.”
So even if you license them, they still won’t let you have them.
Marxists would tell you that all property is theft.
I’ll bet the Finns would’ve been happy to have him around in 1939.
557 licenses? That means they knew all along. Why now are they complaining?.......................
Black powder explodes, smokeless powder burns vigorously.
Yeah, but now with every "pop" being equal to a wasted dollar, I'd be hurt.
If 30 seconds was good enough for Heinlein, it’s good enough for me.
Typical Euro statement.
Moral here is do not try to impress any one with any firearm!
Someone let the dogs out!
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