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Gun Control & RKBA

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beevul

(12,194 posts)
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 02:42 PM Nov 2015

This seems familiar. [View all]

The EU will publish a TOTAL semi-auto rifle ban proposal tomorrow

The European Union’s draft proposals for amendments to its Firearms Directive will be published tomorrow as a response to the Paris mass murders, according to watchdog group Firearms United.

Central to the proposal is a ban on all semi-automatic rifles “similar to that used by the military”. While UK Shooting News is relying on Google Translate, translations of this concept from other reports on the same topic seem to indicate that the EU wants to go down the American route of banning firearms from civilian ownership depending on their looks.

“Which of the EU countries issued a permit for the islamic gun terrorists from Paris?”, Firearms United founder Andrzej Turczyn asked. “None of the terrorists had been able to possess a weapon with a permit. But these laws did not stop the Islamists from committing a hideous crime in Paris. For what reason, therefore, proposes the European Commission now – after the assassination in Paris – limited access to firearms for law-abiding Europeans? Others, like criminals or terrorists, do not pay attention to the law at all.”

It seems likely that the EU will use the Paris murders as an excuse to bring forward a long-planned ban on semi-automatic rifles. There has been no suggestion from politicians or news media that the murderers used legally acquired firearms.

https://ukshootingnews.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/the-eu-will-publish-a-total-semi-auto-rifle-ban-proposal-tomorrow/



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This seems familiar. [View all] beevul Nov 2015 OP
Only Americans have the idea that they have some innate right to own a tool built solely to randys1 Nov 2015 #1
Only doctrinaire anti-gun zealots see semi-auto rifles as beevul Nov 2015 #3
That might explain why they are so pathetically ineffective DonP Nov 2015 #5
re: "...ban racing stripes on Dodge Omnis..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #6
Your emotional need to own a gun is yours and not mine. randys1 Nov 2015 #9
Real, emotional or otherwise, there's really nothing you can do about it DonP Nov 2015 #12
I could if we interpreted the 2nd the way it is clearly written, but thanks to the randys1 Nov 2015 #13
Keep using the "NRA money" as your excuse for repeated failures DonP Nov 2015 #27
Agreed, we have failed. We have failed to curtail the sick and twisted deaths randys1 Nov 2015 #29
Its not your place to determine whos guns are necessary or not... beevul Nov 2015 #31
And yet the rest of the civilized world doesnt play with guns the way we do. or kill with them randys1 Nov 2015 #32
The rest of the civilized world... beevul Nov 2015 #36
You have failed because all you do is talk about it DonP Nov 2015 #33
If you're interested in reducing deaths, benEzra Nov 2015 #41
Pre-fucking-cisely. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #43
Whoa ^^^^^ Kang Colby Nov 2015 #34
Fortunately the civil right to own one is also mine hack89 Nov 2015 #14
Only because the NRA has bought the Supreme Court randys1 Nov 2015 #15
Has the NRA bought the Democratic Party ? hack89 Nov 2015 #18
Guns have influenced all areas of American life. randys1 Nov 2015 #20
Gun control is simply not that big an issue for most Americans hack89 Nov 2015 #22
"The people" is composed of individuals. krispos42 Nov 2015 #39
Another case of pick and choose Big_Mike Nov 2015 #42
Your emotional need to control others is yours and not mine. beevul Nov 2015 #25
Mine are built solely to save lives. ileus Nov 2015 #7
Nonsense, they exist to kill people or animals or both. You cannot control access to the gun randys1 Nov 2015 #8
and neither can the cops or military discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #10
Like most civilized countries, a few cops would have guns, most wouldnt. randys1 Nov 2015 #11
re: "...military comment is meaningless, they fall entirely..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #24
Mlitary is not the public, military is military and military has restricted randys1 Nov 2015 #28
well............. discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #37
"a dangerous, sometimes childish behavour"? beevul Nov 2015 #26
So are places like Syria and the Ukraine still civilized? beardown Nov 2015 #35
In 35 years of gun ownership I have never killed or harmed a living thing hack89 Nov 2015 #16
Ahh, the insult. ANyway, vote a straight democratic ticket, take someone with you randys1 Nov 2015 #17
I always vote Democrat - they represent no threat to my guns hack89 Nov 2015 #19
Why do you so badly need a gun? Dont tell me you dont, because you do, since you argue randys1 Nov 2015 #21
I do not need one. I just want them. hack89 Nov 2015 #23
Sure I can. ileus Nov 2015 #30
How do you own anything sharp, heavy, pointed, or capable of moving faster than 2 miles per hour? krispos42 Nov 2015 #40
Previously, assault rifles were sold legally... right along the Seine. Cheaper on the Left Bank. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #2
Terrorists use automatic weapons, bombs, suicide vests, and grenades... beevul Nov 2015 #4
No thanks....I'll keep my Counter-Assault rifles. ileus Nov 2015 #38
Didnt the parris assaults prove that gun bans dont work. Travis_0004 Nov 2015 #44
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