trooper
Member
Hi guys,
here's an outrageous story from my home country that truly stunned me. I still can hardly believe it.
The full account is here, but since most of you don't understand German I've tried to translate the most important parts.
It happened on a shooting range near Munich on the 29th November. Regular training had not started yet and a couple members were sitting around in the club house.
A couple police officers entered and asked where the lanes and the emergency exit were. When the members asked what this was all about they were just told to sit down and wait, explanations would be given later.
Meanwhile a SWAT team in full gear had covered the stairs and all exits. A K9 unit and some riot cops arrived and proceeded to search the whole facility and the shooters' cars.
A newbie who wanted to check out the shooting club this evening was stopped by the police on the driveway and was asked where he was going and what he was doing here. He was so scared that he immediately turned around and drove away again.
All weapons and firearms permits were checked and one shooter who forgot his permit at home almost got into deep trouble.
In the end the police seized a couple cans, a bag of balloons and a big picture of a human silhouette as evidence (anything that is considered combat shooting is illegal for civilians unless you're a CCW holder).
The whole operation took one hour. Nobody bothered to explain the reason; the only comment was, "This is just a routine check, you should expect more of it on other ranges in the future."
The club's lawyer has already taken legal steps to let the search being declared unlawful and unconstitutional by a court in order to prohibit further harassment by the local authorities.
While I have little doubt that it will rule in the shooters' favour it does bother me to think that such things are possible here...
Regards,
Trooper
here's an outrageous story from my home country that truly stunned me. I still can hardly believe it.
The full account is here, but since most of you don't understand German I've tried to translate the most important parts.
It happened on a shooting range near Munich on the 29th November. Regular training had not started yet and a couple members were sitting around in the club house.
A couple police officers entered and asked where the lanes and the emergency exit were. When the members asked what this was all about they were just told to sit down and wait, explanations would be given later.
Meanwhile a SWAT team in full gear had covered the stairs and all exits. A K9 unit and some riot cops arrived and proceeded to search the whole facility and the shooters' cars.
A newbie who wanted to check out the shooting club this evening was stopped by the police on the driveway and was asked where he was going and what he was doing here. He was so scared that he immediately turned around and drove away again.
All weapons and firearms permits were checked and one shooter who forgot his permit at home almost got into deep trouble.
In the end the police seized a couple cans, a bag of balloons and a big picture of a human silhouette as evidence (anything that is considered combat shooting is illegal for civilians unless you're a CCW holder).
The whole operation took one hour. Nobody bothered to explain the reason; the only comment was, "This is just a routine check, you should expect more of it on other ranges in the future."
The club's lawyer has already taken legal steps to let the search being declared unlawful and unconstitutional by a court in order to prohibit further harassment by the local authorities.
While I have little doubt that it will rule in the shooters' favour it does bother me to think that such things are possible here...
Regards,
Trooper
