European Commission bans: AR15/AK47 rifles and magazines
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:08 am
The European Commission's back at it again with a typically egregious set of dictacts relating to the ownership of semi-automatic firearms and their ancillaries. They've just released this statement (available here in full https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/EU/XXV ... 671764.pdf):
"Following two trilogue meetings, the co-legislators were still unable to agree on the revision of the Firearms Directive. These negotiations must be unblocked to take military grade assault weapons off the streets including those converted to semi-automatic use. The Commission’s position is clear that semi-automatic assault weapons derived from the “AK 47 Kalashnikov family” and the “AR 15 family” should be banned for civilian use given that they were designed for military use. Magazine sizes for short and long firearms should be limited to 10 rounds and should be subject to authorization and stringent checks and any derogation should be strictly limited and tightly controlled. EU citizens expect swift progress in this area to ensure their protection, so we must reach agreement before the end of 2016 on this key piece of legislation."
To summarise, the EC want to ban specifically:
Civilian firearms of “AR 15 family”, and derivatives
Civilian firearms of “AK47 family”, and derivatives
ALL detachable magazines above 10 rounds (also for handguns, repeating-firearms, rimfires etc.)
Introduce strong regulation of magazines and semi-automatic firearms
Here's a link to an article on this latest development:
http://firearms-united.com/2016/11/19/ar15-ak47-ban/
The EC's trying to get this all rubber stamped before year's end, so now's the time to make some noise. I'd recommend everyone (even those without an immediate vested interest!) write to your MEPs on the issue.
The easiest way to do this is via the WriteToThem webpage:
https://www.writetothem.com/?gclid=CJKZ ... 0wodK-UKNw
I know that the UK has voted to leave the EU, this however is no guarantee that these "proposals" won't affect us, or that we'll have even left before they're introduced.
The European shooting community has voiced a strong and united opposition to the EC's attacks in the recent past. We need to continue this effort to help ensure the best possible outcome for shooting sports in the future.
"Following two trilogue meetings, the co-legislators were still unable to agree on the revision of the Firearms Directive. These negotiations must be unblocked to take military grade assault weapons off the streets including those converted to semi-automatic use. The Commission’s position is clear that semi-automatic assault weapons derived from the “AK 47 Kalashnikov family” and the “AR 15 family” should be banned for civilian use given that they were designed for military use. Magazine sizes for short and long firearms should be limited to 10 rounds and should be subject to authorization and stringent checks and any derogation should be strictly limited and tightly controlled. EU citizens expect swift progress in this area to ensure their protection, so we must reach agreement before the end of 2016 on this key piece of legislation."
To summarise, the EC want to ban specifically:
Civilian firearms of “AR 15 family”, and derivatives
Civilian firearms of “AK47 family”, and derivatives
ALL detachable magazines above 10 rounds (also for handguns, repeating-firearms, rimfires etc.)
Introduce strong regulation of magazines and semi-automatic firearms
Here's a link to an article on this latest development:
http://firearms-united.com/2016/11/19/ar15-ak47-ban/
The EC's trying to get this all rubber stamped before year's end, so now's the time to make some noise. I'd recommend everyone (even those without an immediate vested interest!) write to your MEPs on the issue.
The easiest way to do this is via the WriteToThem webpage:
https://www.writetothem.com/?gclid=CJKZ ... 0wodK-UKNw
I know that the UK has voted to leave the EU, this however is no guarantee that these "proposals" won't affect us, or that we'll have even left before they're introduced.
The European shooting community has voiced a strong and united opposition to the EC's attacks in the recent past. We need to continue this effort to help ensure the best possible outcome for shooting sports in the future.
