How to get a gun legal in germany

FC-Fan · July 9, 2012, 02:05 PM

http://www.google.de/#hl=de&sclient=...w=1024&bih=605

If you could read this, you can probably imagine how difficult it is to buy a gun legal in Germany. The U.S is for us so as a paradise.
For a translation it is to long. Try it with the google translator.

Best regards
Thomas

Rifleman1776 · July 10, 2012, 09:03 AM

Didn't read it. But, I have been told by a German about the hoops one must go through. It is difficult and frustrating. Most of the rules make no sense.

**Spats McGee** · July 10, 2012, 09:38 AM

I'm afraid that I didn't have time to read it in its entirety. The last time I discussed this issue with a German (~20 years ago), his impression was that you had to either: (a) belong to a shooting club; or (b) be able to prove that someone was actively trying to kill you. Even if he was fairly far off the mark, it's always been my understanding that getting permission to own a firearm in Germany is very difficult. I've known quite a few Germans who came to visit the US as exchange students and most of them had never even held a gun, much less fired one. Then again, most of them were too young to have done their military service, either.

July 9, 2012, 02:05 PM	#1
FC-Fan Member Join Date: July 7, 2012 Location: Germany, Ravensburg Posts: 42	How to get a gun legal in germany http://www.google.de/#hl=de&sclient=...w=1024&bih=605 If you could read this, you can probably imagine how difficult it is to buy a gun legal in Germany. The U.S is for us so as a paradise. For a translation it is to long. Try it with the google translator. Best regards Thomas

July 10, 2012, 09:38 AM	#3
Spats McGee Staff Join Date: July 28, 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 3,346	I'm afraid that I didn't have time to read it in its entirety. The last time I discussed this issue with a German (~20 years ago), his impression was that you had to either: (a) belong to a shooting club; or (b) be able to prove that someone was actively trying to kill you. Even if he was fairly far off the mark, it's always been my understanding that getting permission to own a firearm in Germany is very difficult. I've known quite a few Germans who came to visit the US as exchange students and most of them had never even held a gun, much less fired one. Then again, most of them were too young to have done their military service, either. __________________ A gunfight is not the time to learn new skills. If you ever have a real need for more than a couple of magazines, your problem is not a shortage of magazines. It's a shortage of people on your side of the argument. -- Art Eatman

July 10, 2012, 09:03 AM	#2
Rifleman1776 Senior Member Join Date: April 25, 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	Didn't read it. But, I have been told by a German about the hoops one must go through. It is difficult and frustrating. Most of the rules make no sense.