awww....I want a howitzer...
awww....I want a howitzer...
Before 1968, you could buy them through the mail (shipping would be rather expensive, I presume) and ammunition.
Most of the guns in the pictures are probably legally deactivated. It is pretty common in Europe and the article alludes to deactivation.
A howitzer in unfriendly hands, inside the perimeter of effective fire, could destroy any capitol or executive mansion in a few minutes, if they know what they are doing. Very hard to stop, but the Israelis have put protections in place.
I do not know if the defenses exist in D.C.
I very much doubt that they exist in Europe.