Time to tighten up Germany's gun laws
The German government is planning to ban ‘military-style’ semi-automatic guns.
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The German government is planning to tighten the country’s weapons laws in the wake of two incidents that have raised fears that it is too easy for criminals to get their hands on guns.
Firstly, the uncovering of a mad plot to overthrow the democratically elected government and replace it with a monarchy in December revealed that, while the alleged plotters may have been completely out of touch with reality, they still knew how to get hold of lethal weapons.
Police found close to 100 weapons in the homes of the Reichsbürger suspects, including 19 pistols, 25 rifles, blank-firing guns and a cross bow.
In the second incident, gangs of rioting youths in Berlin and other cities used blank-firing pistols to threaten people over New Year. In one incident in Hamburg, a youth pointed an imitation pistol at a bus driver, forcing him to stop his vehicle. When the bus came to a halt others bombarded it with fireworks.
Current German law allows people t…
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