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Re:Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ by icebraining on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @05:06PM (#16749230)
Very few Western countries actually ban guns. Sweden, for example, has 2M registered guns (21 for each 100 persons). Germany has 5.5M. In the Czech Republic you can get a PAR MK3 (local version of the AR15).
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Re:Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ by HarryHirsch on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @05:58PM (#16749747)
To the best of my knowledge in Germany it's mostly long guns for hunting, not handguns. To carry a handgun you'd need a permit and demonstrate your need to be armed.
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Re:Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ by matte_black on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @05:16PM (#16749351)
But can you own an AR-15?
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Re:Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ by eric_h on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @05:49PM (#16749672)
According to [0], it looks like you could even own the full auto military version (the M16).

0)https://www.sweden.org.za/gun-laws-in-sweden.html

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Re:Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ by Natanael_L on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @06:07PM (#16749830)
The current laws in Sweden - the short version is that you need a justified reason (hunting or "shooting club"), you need to pass tests and not have a recent criminal record. Fully automatic weapons are much harder to get permits for than standard ones.

https://polisen.se/lagar-och-regler/vapen-regler-och-tillsta...

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