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The proposal seeks to ban ammunition which contains lead "In concentrations greater than 1% by weight, for shooting with a shot gun within a wetland or where spent gunshot would land within a wetland, including shooting ranges or shooting grounds in wetlands".
In addition, a parallel study is being conducted on restrictions on "other lead-based ammunition": in other words, pretty much all ammunition for handguns, shotguns, rifles and carbines!
A public consultation was launched on June 21st, 2017, allowing interested parties to comment on the proposed restriction report using the ECHA website.
The public consultation concludes on December 21st, 2017; it is necessary that all stakeholders – ammunition manufacturers, retailers, shooting and hunting groups and organizations, and individuals – provide their negative opinion using the "Give Comments" option on this page (https://echa.europa.eu/restrictions-under-consideration/-/substance-rev/17005/term?).
It is highly recommended that all negative feedback provided to the public consultation is backed by #scientific evidence that disproves any danger posed to wildlife and human health by lead-based ammunition. Several authoritative scientific researches have been produced all through the years that disprove the toxicity of lead ammo, and most of those are freely available on the Internet.
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Lead Ammo Ban: the EU is at it again!
gunsweek.com
Unhappy with the negative outcome of their attempt to ban a broad range of firearms from civilian ownership, the European Commission tries again to hit at the European shooters' community – this tim...
IAMTHEGUNLOBBY STORE RELAUNCH
We relaunched the IAMTHEGUNLOBBY Store.
We improved the shipping process and in most cases also the shipping costs. The orders are shipped out once a week, so you will not have to wait that long for your products like with our previous campaign.
In most of the cases the shipping costs are reduced. The are now depending on weight and the orders will be also trackable after being shipped. We hope that everything will work as we imagine it. If not, please let us know, so we can improve. For any questions regarding the shop, please drop us an e-mail to info@iamthegunlobby.eu
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+++ New poll: Should guns be banned across Europe?
Our reply:
If you debate a topic you should read studies of criminologists, not only the newspapers. Legal gun ownership has violence-reducing effects. Banning them would have a zero-net effect on homicide rates, as well as on terroristic attacks.
++ Prevent Terrorism ++
In 2004 Islamic extremists killed 192 people and injured around 2000 with stolen explosives. The Madrid bombings were the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of Spain and the worst attack in Europe since the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
As reaction the EU decided a range of counter-terrorism actions, including the TTE Track & Trace of Explosives. This EU-identification directive forces every manufacturer, distributor and end user of civil explosives to document consistently their way through the whole supply chain. It came into
force in 2013 for producers and in April 2015 for distributors and end users.
This directive did not prevent November 2015 Paris attacks, 2016
Brussels bombing or 2016 Ansbach bombing as the terrorists used illicit explosives.
++ Prevent Mass Murder ++
Since 2001 (box cutters in planes) and Nice (truck) everybody knows that banning means will not prevent mass murder. Mass murderers use explosives, firearms, poison, fire in small rooms (plane, cinema, train) and vehicles for their attacks.
++ Prevent Gun Crime ++
The EU Commission spent € 600.000 for a 12-month-research on gun crime. The final report of the EFFECT-PROJECT had been published in May 2016:
>>In a combined country and individual-level analyses it was observed that the high availability of firearms was associated with lower levels of victimization by contact crime in general, suggesting a potential deterrent effect of availability.
Individual contact crimes involving firearms are a relatively rare occurrence across European countries, with robbery being more likely to involve firearms than cases of interpersonal violence. Firearms are considered by police forces to be simply an accessory to crime, and as such their focus is more on the basic crime itself. The impact of firearm crime is unknown, due
to insufficient quality data (Chapter 2)
There is more evidence that firearms owners are likely to be victims of, rather than perpetrators of, violence. This may be due to the fact that those at risk may be more likely to hold a firearm (such as security officers or policemen). Additionally, a potential deterrent effect was also found, since higher levels of firearm ownership in a country were associated with lower levels of victimization by contact crime in general (Chapter 3)<<
In 2015 Prof. Gary Kleck reviewed 41 English-language studies that tested the hypothesis that higher gun prevalence levels cause higher crime rates, especially higher homicide rates. He wrote:
>>It must be tentatively concluded that higher gun ownership rates do not cause higher crime rates, including homicide rates.
Why does gun prevalence not have a significant positive effect on homicide?
The most likely explanation is that
a) most guns are possessed by non-criminals whose only involvement in crime is as victims, and
b) defensive gun use by crime victims is both common and effective in preventing the offender from injuring the victim.
These violence reducing-effects of guns in the hands of victims may roughly cancel out the violence-increasing effects of guns in the hands of offenders, resulting in a near-zero net effect on homicide rates (Kovandzic et al., 2012, 2013).<<
To read more and follow the links of above snippets to the studies:
https://firearms-united.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Impact-Assessment.pdf
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Stand Up For Europe
Should #guns be banned across Europe?
Following the November 2015 terrorist attacks in #Paris, the #EU brought forward plans to strengthen gun control laws across the bloc.
What do you think?
++ Czechs want complete dismissal of the firearms directive ++
The Czech Republic quotes a total of four grounds for repeal of the Directive. Firearms United completely and totally agrees with these arguments.
ARGUMENT #1
The Union legislature has #exceeded its powers by adopting the directive. Although the Directive has been adopted to remove obstacles to the internal market, its real aim is to combat terrorism and other serious crime exclusively. However, the EU legislator does not have the power to adopt harmonization measures in this area.
ARGUMENT #2
By adopting the Directive, the Union legislature breached the principle of #proportionality , since it did not address the question of the proportionality of the measures implemented and did not carry out an #impact assessment. This subsequently led to the adoption of measures manifestly inadequate and disproportionate to the objective pursued – for example, the directive prohibits broadly the types of weapons that are not used in Europe for the purpose of committing terrorism or other crimes.
ARGUMENT #3
The Directive is contrary to the principle of legal #certainty. A number of the provisions of the contested directive are not sufficiently clear and precise to enable the persons concerned to unequivocally recognize their rights and obligations.
ARGUMENT #4
The directive has a #discriminatory nature – it allows for an exception to the ban on possession of weapons, but it can only fall on the Swiss system of keeping military weapons on termination of military service without the same exceptions being used by other states.
In addition to this, in June Czech parliament approved a bill which puts the right to keep and bear arms in the Czech constitution as a first European nation.
EN: https://firearms-united.com/czech-challenged-faulty-firearms-directive-court/
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FLASH NEWS:
Czech Republic filed the lawsuit against the Directive yesterday.
As citizens who deeply care about civil liberties, we are extremely grateful to the Czech government and the Czech people for standing up against this vile attack to EU citizens' freedom.
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You thought #CarryNow is only for men? You are wrong!
We fight for the right of self defense for all people.
Don't be a victim! https://carrynow.eu/
And we assume that European women will do the same as the ones in the US: "In fact, a recent study by the Crime Prevention Research Center finds that women nationwide are obtaining permits four times more than men. Specifically, women made up 36% of permit holders in the 14 states that track permits by gender. From 2012 to 2016, eight states that track by gender saw a 326% faster increase in permits among women than among men." ... See MoreSee Less
The Face of Gun Ownership is Changing
yellowhammernews.com
The Face of Gun Ownership is Changing At first glance, not many people would guess that Beth Alcazar of Chelsea, Alabama, owns guns and has a concealed carry permit. Much[...]
Thank you very much for your donation.
And thank you also for your past donations of the Swedish team registration fees.
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Swedish IPSC shooters support Firearms United!
All swedish team registration fee's (21 teams 500 SEK = 10 500 SEK) has been sent to Firearms United to support their fight against the EU Gun Ban.
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