Beitrag
von fritzthemoose » Do 17. Mär 2016, 20:03
Eine Antwort der EU auf eine Beschwerde von Finnland (siehe unten mit Kommentaren von Firearms United)
Ich glaube zwar nicht, dass sie damit jetzt auch nur ansatzweise durchkommen aber vl rüttelt, dass auch mal die auf die sich bis dato einreden, dass es auf sie nicht zutrifft. Egal ob Jäger, SVler, Sportschütze oder einfach Waffenbesitzer.
Der EU, wenn es nach ihrem Willen geht, geht es um das Verbot ALLER Waffen bis runter zur Airsoft und das schliesst auch Jagdwaffen, Ordonanzgewehre usw ein. Ich hoffe mal, dass es irgendwann auch der letze hirnlose Hinterwäldler versteht. Das einzige was zwicshen diesem Szenario und der Wahrwerdung steht ist Widerstand.
Reply by European Commission (EC) to complaint by Finland:
Brussels, 7.3.2016 C(2016) 1270 final
Dear Chair,
The Commission would like to thank the Eduskunta for its Opinion on the Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/477/EEC on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons {COM(2015) 750 final}.
As the Eduskunta observes in its Opinion, the primary objective of the Commission proposal is to improve internal security in Europe notably in light of recent terrorist attacks. However, the question of security is not limited to terrorism.
The proposal has been introduced as “action against terrorism”. Only after heavy critics by the European Parliament the EC dropped this argument.
The new legislation should help to take away from the legal market military grade weapons that could be reactivated as well as some of the most dangerous categories of semi-automatic weapons, notably those which can easily be converted into fully-automatic weapons.
This means EU-Gunban for semi-automatic firearms!
EC’s Evaluation reported : "Some semi-automatic firearms can be transformed into automatic firearms and thus represent a real threat to security, as stated by representatives from 2 MS (FI, SE), with the process of conversion being straightforward in some cases, like that of a Glock semi-automatic pistol. The same happens for certain semi-automatic rifles, with online demonstrations to convert from semi-automatic to automatic in roughly one minute."
Only Finland and Sweden were concerned. None of the other the interviewed stakeholders was concerned about already registered firearms. And now these both countries oppose the most against the ban for B7 semi-automatic rifles.
Finland’s complaint - Nonetheless, the Grand Committee shares the sector committees’ concern that the proposed restrictions on acquiring and possessing firearms would impact negatively on Finnish voluntary defence training, hunting, sports shooting and weapons collecting.
Sweden’s complaint: We support a review of the Weapons Directive and believe it is important for Member States’ control of dangerous types of weapon to be strengthened. Above all, this control should target those weapons that experience has shown are the most likely to be used in a terrorist attack or other serious crime, while at the same time the rules must not be unnecessarily burdensome or restrictive for individual licence holders or for voluntary defence organisations.
The online demonstration forgot to mention that the parts for conversion are strictly regulated and usually forbidden for private citizens. Before anybody can switch to automatic he first have to act as criminal to get hold of these illegal parts. But even if a registered semi-automatic firearm could be easily modified to an automatic one, registered gun owners will not do it because it is strictly forbidden. Crime statistics prove this.
Over the last decade, it is estimated that 10 000 homicides have been committed in Europe with firearms. In certain Member States, a majority of homicides have been committed with legal firearms.
EC’s own study Combatting Illicit Firearms Trafficking in the European Union reported:
It is estimated that illicit firearms trafficking has been directly responsible for at least 10,000 firearms-related deaths in EU Member States over the past decade.[...] highlight the number of civilian firearms-related deaths since most, if not all, of these will occur as a result of the possession of illicit weapons.
EC “solves” problems of illicit firearms with EU-Gunban!
Moreover, there are nearly half a million firearms inside the EU which have been registered as lost or stolen from the mid-1990s to 2014, and can be used by criminal organisations.
In our report "Gun Ownership in Europe" we showed in chapter 2.2.3.3. that most (more than 93%) of these 500.000 alerts in the Schengen Database SIS II are inventory losses. The Swedish study also researched on the impact of stolen firearms on gun crime: less than one former legally held firearms was misused for firearms related homicide per annum. And less than 15% of the stolen firearms were interesting for criminals. Criminals smuggle their firearms into the EU - together with drugs, humans and fraud papers - or they loot army depots or convert salut firearms. The black market is not filled with legal firearms.
The “half a million stolen firearms” is a lie!
At the same time, the Commission recognises that several million EU citizens possess firearms whether for hunting, sport shooting or collecting without posing any threat to security. As such the Commission is conscious of the need to strike the right balance between the legitimate interests of hunters or sports shooters and the security of EU citizens.
It should be underlined that the objective of the proposal is to regulate the civilian use of firearms and that the proposal is not meant to interfere with matters of national defence. The proposed Directive would not apply to firearms belonging to the Finnish army and handed over to reservists during training exercises.
The army does not temporarily hand over firearms for training exercises. The army trusts in voluntary reservists who exercise with privately owned firearms. Not only in Finland, but in Sweden, Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland and other countries.
This means EU-Gunban for private firearms!
Concerning the specific question of governmentsupervised and authorised organisations being allowed to acquire and possess A-class firearms for purposes related to national defence, the Commission is willing to engage with the Finnish government to clarify this matter.
No word about museums and collectors. Again only national defence is accepted as argument by EC.
This means EU-Gunban for collectors!
The Commission shares the concern of the Eduskunta that proper emphasis should also be put on the illegal possession of firearms and their trafficking. It is precisely for these reasons that the Commission proposes to include brokers within the scope of the revised directive and announced on 2 December 2015 an action plan against the illegal trafficking of weapons and explosives.
The Commission hopes that these clarifications address the issues raised by the Eduskunta and looks forward to continuing the political dialogue in the future.
Yours faithfully,
Frans Timmermans Elżbieta Bieńkowska
First Vice-President Member of the Commission
