FIREARMS UNITED agrees with Commissioner King’s aim – but not with his way!

Julian King

King wants an agreement that would restrict the circulation of fully automatic and converted semi-automatic weapons in such a way that safeguards their legitimate use. FIREARMS UNITED agrees with this aim – the safeguard of legitimate use, that is. King believes that the European Commission, Council and Parliament can come out with effective control measures against criminal misuse of firearms. We … Read More

Commissioner’s Scandalous Speech led to Rejection by MEPs

Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska ( European Commission ) claimed 100.000 deaths in ten years by legally-held firearms and said law abiding citizens should not own semi-automatic firearms at all. Snippets of Commissioner’s speech: I think that first we have to limit the access to automatic and semi-automatic firearms. Such assault weapons are not necessary for sport shooting. Hunters in some member states are … Read More

MEP Jussi Halla-aho: Reject whole proposal!

The next MEP – after Christofer Fjellner (SE) – rejects the proposal: Jussi Halla-aho (FI) Snippets of his speech: The large number of ammendments is encouraging as many of them address the most excessive and disproportional details in the proposal. The rapporteur has also generally done a good job. We should reject not only the proposed and unjustified ban on semi-automatic … Read More