MAC
06-06-2002, 05:44 PM
der link (http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAMDVBW42D.html)
now I pipe on about guns enough. but they did generate true sympathy for the law enforcements position and disarm their citizens once upon a time.......
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German Lawmakers Agree to Tighten Gun Laws in Wake of School Shooting That Left 17 Dead
The Associated Press
Published: Jun 6, 2002
BERLIN (AP) - Lawmakers agreed Thursday on proposals to tighten German gun laws, keeping a pledge made after a teen-ager shot and killed 16 people and himself at his former school in April.
The 19-year-old killer, Robert Steinhaeuser, held licenses for the pump-action rifle he carried into the school as well as the pistol that police say he used to gun down his victims and kill himself on April 26.
Pump-action shotguns would be outlawed in the proposed changes. The Interior Ministry called them "classic underworld weapons" unsuited to sport or hunting.
Other changes would raise the minimum age for legal possession of a firearm for recreational use such as target shooting from 18 to 21, the ministry said. Applicants for the license would also have to present a doctor's note confirming their mental suitability to have a firearm.
The minimum age for hunters, who already have to pass a separate exam, would be raised from 16 to 18.
The changes would be made to a firearms law drawn up before the slaughter at the school in the eastern city of Erfurt.
Steinhaeuser was an active member of a local gun club, though club officials said they noticed nothing strange about his behavior before he embarked on one of the world's worst school shootings.
Both houses of parliament hope to vote on the bill by June 21, the ministry said.
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*bold type for bold words
they make good points about dr's notes and safety courses to get liscences etc.....
but I reiterate....
once upon a time disarmed their citizens....
in fact.....
it was the last time they had a problem with immigration.....
immigrates whom they made get liscences.......
now I pipe on about guns enough. but they did generate true sympathy for the law enforcements position and disarm their citizens once upon a time.......
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German Lawmakers Agree to Tighten Gun Laws in Wake of School Shooting That Left 17 Dead
The Associated Press
Published: Jun 6, 2002
BERLIN (AP) - Lawmakers agreed Thursday on proposals to tighten German gun laws, keeping a pledge made after a teen-ager shot and killed 16 people and himself at his former school in April.
The 19-year-old killer, Robert Steinhaeuser, held licenses for the pump-action rifle he carried into the school as well as the pistol that police say he used to gun down his victims and kill himself on April 26.
Pump-action shotguns would be outlawed in the proposed changes. The Interior Ministry called them "classic underworld weapons" unsuited to sport or hunting.
Other changes would raise the minimum age for legal possession of a firearm for recreational use such as target shooting from 18 to 21, the ministry said. Applicants for the license would also have to present a doctor's note confirming their mental suitability to have a firearm.
The minimum age for hunters, who already have to pass a separate exam, would be raised from 16 to 18.
The changes would be made to a firearms law drawn up before the slaughter at the school in the eastern city of Erfurt.
Steinhaeuser was an active member of a local gun club, though club officials said they noticed nothing strange about his behavior before he embarked on one of the world's worst school shootings.
Both houses of parliament hope to vote on the bill by June 21, the ministry said.
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*bold type for bold words
they make good points about dr's notes and safety courses to get liscences etc.....
but I reiterate....
once upon a time disarmed their citizens....
in fact.....
it was the last time they had a problem with immigration.....
immigrates whom they made get liscences.......