Posted on 08/22/2016 6:59:32 AM PDT by rktman
A wave of sexual assaults and fatal Islamist attacks in Europe have some German politicians calling for a loosening of gun-control laws.
The leader of the Alternative for Germany party, Frauke Petry, said in a recent interview that Islamist attacks in Germany and elsewhere suggest that the German people should be able to arm themselves with firearms and other means of self-defense.
"Many people are increasingly feeling unsafe. Every law-abiding citizen should be in a position to defend themselves, their family and their friends," Petry said.
"We all know how long it takes until the police can get to the scene, especially in sparsely populated places," she added.
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Honestly, I’d never heard of them. But what you indicated about Wilson makes sense.
Nice find on the image.
They are still a thing today in Switzerland and I think to a lesser extent Germany, mostly Bavaria.
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