[Djarum]

bang

[SBeck]

Things are different in Europe (which is an incredible understatement).

[Husker24]

"The problem is illegal firearms are most often used by criminals",..........well no sh*t.

[GhostofWCooper]

The European Union of Socialist Republics marches forward.

The school shooting in Germany was well timed. If you want to get the knee-jerk reactionaries fired up, you need a heinous event.
All the laws they can ever write won't stop a psycho from doing his thing. They can only provide lots and lots of unarmed victims.

[BillofRights]

An outright ban! That'll sure stop it. Works for illegal drugs!

[Standing Wolf]

What European vacation? What German sports car? What French cheeses? What Italian shoes?

[mdittmar]

In Austria, where gun laws already are highly restrictive, a Vienna lawyers' association on Friday called for a sweeping ban to keep all weapons out of the hands of ordinary citizens.

‘‘Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA - ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve the State.’’

Heinrich Himmler

"When we got organized as a country, [and] wrote a fairly radical Constitution, with a radical Bill of Rights, giving radical amounts of freedom to Americans, it was assumed that Americans who had that freedom would use it responsibly...When personal freedom is being abused, you have to move to limit it."

Bill Clinton(April 19 1994, on MTV)

[mn_b_one]

I love this fabulous logic. The next time some loser slimeball commits murder by arson, they gonna ban matches?

[toddst]

"Although the majority of people who use them are law-abiding, handguns are lethal and we can't risk letting dangerous people have such guns," said Anne Pearston, head of the Snowdrop Campaign, an anti-handgun group including parents of Dunblane's slain or injured children.

Ms. Pearson has certainly helped eliminate violent crime in Britain, right? And now they're considering more restrictions in France and Germany because of a few wackos running amuck? These people have no understanding of individual responsibility for self. I think they're hopeless.

[watcher1]

and concerned groups in Austria and Britain have called for outright weapons bans.

More nonsense from the euro-peons.
I'm surprised the canuckistanis or Japs aren't in on this one.

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You would think Europe, of all places, would understand the dangers of banning weapons.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Europeans like to hold up America with its high murder rate as a dangerous place because of guns. But if my memory serves me right, millions of Europeans have died a violent death because of strict gun control. It never ceases to amaze me that they don't count the victims of their wars in their murder rate. Over the long haul Europe is a far more dangerous place to live than America.

[Jeff Chandler]

The proposal... requires a license to carry gas-powered and blank pistols, banned several kinds of knives completely and mandated separate storage of guns and ammunition.

They left out pointy sticks.

[Myrddin]

The constant clamor for weapons bans is laughable. You nearly have to strip to get on an airplane today. Still need a weapon after you get on board? Just break a music CD in half. Every bit as good as a box cutter. Idiots.

[TheMole]

...a license to carry gas-powered and blank pistols...

I love the BS terminology "journalists" use. The translation is that they're making air rifles (like BB guns) and starter pistols illegal. Banning BB guns is definitely going to cut down on the number of school massacres.