70-year-old Swede kept 557 weapons at home (Sweden)

The Local, Swedish news in English ^ | 02/05/2014 | Oliver Gee

[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.

[School of Rational Thought]

From what is written it only appears that the Swedish government did not want him to have the firearms and not that he broke any law or was dangerous.

[Redcitizen]

Grandpa Joe was a tough old cowboy with grizzled hair, chiseled features, and hands tougher than barbed wire. I’d sit on his lap while he rocked in his favourite old chair on the porch, and he’d tell me again and again that his secret to living a long life was to sprinkle a pinch of gunpowder on his oatmeal every morning.

I stopped believing his tall tales when I grew up, but Grandpa Joe lived on for many years, enjoying perfect health until the ripe old age of 107. He left behind 14 children, 30 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, 25 great-great-grandchildren, and a 15-foot crater where the crematorium used to be.