Posted on 08/24/2016 6:24:20 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
A number of European countries have seen their gun sales take off as people feel insecure after the recent wave of terror.
Weapon sellers in several countries attribute the rise to terror attacks and the mass arrival of refugees over the past year. Applications for gun permits have gone up significantly in Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic. In places with stricter gun laws, such as Germany, non-lethal guns and pepper spray have become alternatives.
Theres no official explanation for the rise, but in general we see a connection to Europes terrorist attacks, Hanspeter Kruesi, a police spokesman in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, told Reuters.
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Theres no official explanation for the rise, ...
By official to they mean government sources?-)
It really isn't just a "feeling", is it? Not just a silly illusion by the silly unwashed masses unfortunate enough actually to have to live with the problem. And the politicians don't have any official explanation. That may be the funniest thing I'll read all day.
It looks, however, as if certain other politicians aren't quite as clueless as the Germans, or, come to think of it, as the American liberals.
Earlier I spoke against possession of large amounts of weapons [in the hands of the people], [Czech President Milos] Zeman said in a July interview with newspaper Blesk. After those attacks, I do not think so any more.
No, indeed. I wonder if we could get Mr. Zeman to come here?
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