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Police officers searching a German doctor’s office and flat for evidence of medical malpractice stumbled upon hundreds of weapons and piles of bullets.
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¦quot;We were able to establish massive breaches of the gun laws,¦quot; a Munich police spokesman told the Münchner Abendzeitung newspaper.
Deutschland could save 10 of millions of euros by getting rid of the bureaucracy that created this 'breach' of the gun laws. The man had an innocent passion for firearms. I bet he could have opened a museum like the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming. Only, the theme would have been along his particular passion. There is in Texas an elderly man now, that owns over several thousand Luger pistols. He has the money and the passion.
He could follow his passion for collecting guns but why does he need the ammunition?
a car collect would us petrol to move the car maybe ,but where would the good doctor shoot his guns?
Considering European history, wouldn't the whole world be safer if we disarmed the Governments of Europe and armed the decent citizens.
And who prey says who are the "decent citizens. " ?
And who prey says who are the "decent citizens. " ?
Up until 1776 one half my ancestors would have claimed their rights as Englishmen to be considered "decent subjects", unless adjudicated differetly by a Court of Law, but we were ready, willing and able thanks to accurate riflery to change our status to "decent citizens" unless so judged by a jury of our Peers to be otherwise by said jury. It's a Liberterian concept, but some of us don't need a Nanny State to baby us, we can run our own lives and accept the Freedom we were all born with naturally. Google Lexington and Concord to see what a bad idea trying to disarm Free men can be, when they stand together.
Again, I would fear violent governments in Europe more than violentfriends and neighbors. What neighbor ever caused more trouble than the wars/oppression of government or excesses of Kings, tyrrants and petty bureaucrats.
Unlike you I believe that a glut of guns freely available is causing major problems world wide, and as is often the case the "decent citizens. " as they would call themselves tend to impose there will on the unarmed "decent citizens. ".
Close to you home you could look at the Mexican drug cartels a question whether these "decent citizens. " should be armed ?.
There are also "decent citizens. " who live in your land before you and were driven from their lands and rights by neighbours who were "decent citizens. " and not "Kings, tyrrants and petty bureaucrats."
That in a nutshell is why I said "And who prey says who are the "decent citizens. " ? "