His boat must not have sunk? Lucky guy.
The Swedish government said:
“This has got to stop!
We can’t have elderly people defending themselves against thugs and a possible Muslim takeover...”
Default Gun laws in Sweden Greetings, everybody!
I was asked to share swedish guns laws with you guys. Let`s start off with what you have to do to be able to get a gun in Sweden...
To start with, you have to be 18 yrs or older to qualify in to getting a gun.
Second: You have to have been "clean" for atleast 5 years. If you have a license and get arrested, even down to beeing to drunk so the police take you in and place you in custody over the night, you could lose you`re license and they will take you`re gun. No compensation given for the weapons they take.
Third: You have to be a member in a shooting club and follow their rules. That includes taking a newbie (spelling?) course. That will cost you about 250$. You have to pass the shooting test and the theorethical (spelling, again...) test in order to get passed. Once you have passed you get a green card. Then you have to have been a member for 6 months and have passed another, more difficult shooting test (called "gold series") in order to be able to buy youre first gun. Oh, i almost forgot, you have to have done 4 competitions in that weapons class to be able to buy the gun. But since you have been a member no longer than 6 months, you can not buy anything else that a .22 pistol or revolver... This can vary between diffrent clubs though, i think. Anyways. After a year you can buy any gun you want that is legal in Sweden, but only if you have participated in 4 or more competitions for that weapons class.
So, let`s say i have been a member in a club for 1 year, passed all the test and done 4 competitions with a A-gun, for example a Glock 17. Now all i have to do is send in an activity card to the board (the ones who decide things =)) in my club, give them the exakt dates for the competitions i have participated in, and show them my proof of a gold series (the one i mentioned before) that is no older than 1 year (forgot to tell you that you have to update you`re gold series every year, an instructor have to see you shooting the gold series and then he, and only him, can make a nothe about it in a shooting card that everyone has.), and then they will probably give you a note that says you are an active member of the club and have passed the test that is needed.
Before you do this, you have to know what gun you want since that guns serial number have to be on the note you get from the club.
So, off to the police station. At the police station you give them the note from you`re club and pay them about 30$, then they will come back to you in a couple of weeks and hopefully give you a license on that gun. Oh, i almost forgot, you have to show them a invoice on a safety cabinet (?) You have to have all youre weapons in such a cabinet in sweden by law.
The police can come knock on you`re door to check if you are storing your weapons correctly, if not they will take all your guns and press charges.
Well, i think that is about it. And if you want to get another gun, you have to get a new note from you`re club. Smooth, right?
Another thing, if decide not to be a active member, the police can come knocking on you`re door after 2 years and take you`re guns away.
If you want two 9 mm guns, you have to motivate it, or else they wont give you a license on two guns of the same caliber. The max amount of weapons you can have is 11 now i think, including hunting rifles and so on, but they are about to change it to 6 or 8, can`t remember which...
I`m sure i left some of all the stupid rules out, but i think this gives you a pretty good idea how it works in Sweden.
If you guys have any questions, just post them and i will answer them as soon as i can.
//Mattias
557 guns at home?
That’s a good start.
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.