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
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PLEASE SHARE AND ACT: EU COMMISSION WILL ENABLE ORIGINAL EUGUNBAN PROPOSAL Perhaps it is due to our facts which we presented last Wednesday in Brussels and which were not spread by media at all – even when we made a paid press release. It seems no journalist or online magazin forwarded this information, even when it got 1 million views. We … Read More
Tomasz W. Stępień, President of Firearms United, delivered a fiery closing remark
Firearms United president Tomasz W. Stępień had the honor to deliver the final remarks of the conference, and did so with a vengeance. His remarks were probably the most intense and vibrant speech of the day. While political correctness allows gun owners to be the only part of society that can legitimately be victimized by deliberate attacks, anti-gun political leaders … Read More
Our Impact Assessment
The European Commission has so far failed to support the EU Gun Ban plans with an impact assessment – most likely because carrying on an impact assessment would cripple the gun ban plans, as its outcomes would seriously contradict the anti-gun agenda. Two members of the first panel brought on their own evaluation, with facts and figures, that were the … Read More
In-depth analysis by Erik Lakomaa
Swedish scholar and political consultant Erik Lakomaa had its own study to introduce, an in-depth evaluation of the effects of the European firearms directive in its current form – a field where the lack of research is unfortunately noticeable. Leaving out all political evaluations, Erik Lakomaa’s research is based on facts and numbers, and shows that no law passed so … Read More
EU-Gunban would weaken defense market for police
The companies which sell semi-automatic firearms to authorised civilians are the same which sell products to our defense. Europe’s 2.55 million police officers and 820,000 1st responders are facing ISIS terror attacks and threats coupled with the surge in entry of 1.8 million migrants (UN data) with far greater complexity than ever before. The Western European police forces are ill … Read More
EU split on semi-automatic weapons
Article of EUobserver by NIKOLAJ NIELSEN of 14/11/16: EU lawmakers are meeting on Tuesday (15 November) for another round of backroom talks to curb gun violence and prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons on the black market. Debates around the European Commission’s EU firearms directive reform, proposed in the aftermath the Paris November terrorist attacks, appears to be advancing as positions converge … Read More
Every proposal must be based on an impact assessment study and a debate
FIREARMS UNITED Conference – Dita CHARANZOVÁ MEP – ALDE I am in the EU business for more than 12 years. I was hoping that the Commission under the president, Mr. Juncker, will follow the Smart regulation principle. Unfortunately this piece of legislation is not, what I consider of smart regulation. Every proposal for legislation must be based on a impact … Read More
What’s going on in Brussels?
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