What happened to firearms-bearing in Europe? You have hunters like Eric in operas like Der fliegende Holländer. You have all the firearms-bearers in operas like Der Freischütz. You have all the recipes for things like Jägerschnitzel. For that matter, you have all the recipes with cacciatore (hunter) sauce in Italy. I assume all these hunters would have shot their game with firearms. What happened?
Hunters are able to own guns. One or two barreled back-loading shotguns. Legaly, without a permit, that is. One only needs to get a hunting licence and a green hat with a shaving brush (they all wear that) and you are allowed to walk around in the forests with a large gun.
But the people arent' allowed to own guns like in the US. We let te government take away our rights. They now removed the right of safety of the consitution (thank socialists/liberals) and self defence is more punishable than the crime the criminal was going to do. The only time police were quick to arrest anyone was the Fortuyn killer.