Meeting in Strasbourg

On 15 February FIREARMS UNITED held a fruitful meeting with Rapporteur Vicky Ford in Strasbourg. This meeting was followed up with a letter that the Rapporteur sent us and which we reproduce below. FIREARMS UNITED appreciates the sterling work done by the Rapporteur in securing the best possible terms within her remit in spite of the intense pressure exerted by … Read More

Letter by Vicky Ford to Member of Parliaments

We recieved today the information, that Vicky Ford has sent a letter to MEPs. We copied this letter from here and asked our sources for verification. It is confirmed that rapporteur Vicky Ford wrote the letter. She tweeted that she is moving towards an agreement that is close to the Parliament position, which however would move IPSC guns to Cat. A … Read More

Impacts of #EUAmmoBan

You may have heard that EU commission has asked ECHA to come up with the proposal to the use of LEAD as a bullet material. Firearms United has been in contact with experts in ammunition manufacturing industry to find out what it really means in practice for YOU: “serious hit for hunting and death of sportshooting”.

Dutch Government Uses EU Directive to try out Racial Discrimination

Dutch government really takes the cake with its local implementation proposal to introduce factors like “race, ethinicity, political views and religion” into the Weapons and Ammunition Act. They must have figured out that “stereotypes are nice because they save time!” or something…

#EUGunban: Implementation in France

The EU weapons directive (EUGunban) was presented in November 2015 only a few days after the attack in France. It was adopted in March 2017 after a long and hard struggle in Brussels with many changes. It is to be implemented in all EU countries by September 1st 2018 into national laws. In France, the timetable has been adhered to. … Read More

The Czech Have Challenged the Faulty Firearms Directive in Court!

Now it is official – The misguided firearms directive will be challenged in the ECJ (European Court of Justice)

The Czech ministry of Interior has filed a suit 9th of August to prevent the implementation of the EU Firearms Directive, which would help the national authorities of the Member States to not implement the already faulty directive on national level.

#EUGunban: Outcome Of The Vote

Yesterday the European Parliament meeting in Plenary in Strasbourg voted on the Provisional Agreement reached in December following the Trilogues. The rejection of the Commission Proposal as well as the amendments proposed to improve the text failed to make it due to the first two votes: AM 109 (ENF) & AM 123 (EFDD): Rejection of the Commission proposal For: 123 Against: … Read More

EU Gun Ban: Dita Charanzová speaks out to Firearms United

Dita Charanzova

The Firearms United network – one of the main voices of oppositions to the EU Gun Ban representing gun owners from all around Europe – interviewed Czech MEP Dita Charanzová, shadow rapporteur for ALDE and herself one of the staunchest opponents to the European Commission’s restrictive proposals

IMCO Vote on 26/01/2017

Tomorrow between 10:00 and 12:30 the comittee IMCO will vote on the compromise of the trilogue. We assume there will be a short debate before the vote  – as usual. You can download the paper (only in English) here: Click Again – as in summer 2016 – the Member of IMCO have only an English text to vote on. Again … Read More