Prince Yamato
Member
At this juncture in my career (classical musician), I realize that it would behoove me to have some extensive European performance experience on my resume. To do so would basically mean that I would have to move to Europe for a period of time. Obviously I see this as a possible conflict with my other love in life, firearms. I understand that a temporary move to a foreign country would mean giving up the freedoms I enjoy in the US, my question is this:
Which major European countries offer the best of both worlds (classical music and guns)? Classical music is easy, but guns is a little harder. I'm not necessarily looking for MG ownership, though that would be a plus, but what countries can I own a Glock 17 with a regular 17 round mag and use it for defense?
I am fairly fluent in French and have a working knowledge of German and Italian (thanks to my years of study, I now speak like a bad 18-19th century poet).
From what I gather, Austria and the Czech Republic are the closest to the US and both have CCW. I know about Switzerland, but they are a small country and employment there would be rather difficult. France also seemed nice as well. I hear that Germany isn't so grand, which would be rather disappointing for me, as I have family there.
What is the situation with transporting guns country to country within the EU?
I believe much good could come from me moving to Europe, but I also cringe at the thought of losing many of my liberties. Since however, many of our liberties came from ideas from the old world, I believe that some of these ideas must still be in place. I have no definite plans, so all this worrying could be for naught. On the other hand, I'd still like to keep my options open.
NOTE: I posted this under legal because it concerns laws in the EU, if it is more general discussion, mods, feel free to move. I also just realized that the title makes it look like I'm in some sort of legal trouble, apologies... no legal troubles, just moral dilemmas
Which major European countries offer the best of both worlds (classical music and guns)? Classical music is easy, but guns is a little harder. I'm not necessarily looking for MG ownership, though that would be a plus, but what countries can I own a Glock 17 with a regular 17 round mag and use it for defense?
I am fairly fluent in French and have a working knowledge of German and Italian (thanks to my years of study, I now speak like a bad 18-19th century poet).
From what I gather, Austria and the Czech Republic are the closest to the US and both have CCW. I know about Switzerland, but they are a small country and employment there would be rather difficult. France also seemed nice as well. I hear that Germany isn't so grand, which would be rather disappointing for me, as I have family there.
What is the situation with transporting guns country to country within the EU?
I believe much good could come from me moving to Europe, but I also cringe at the thought of losing many of my liberties. Since however, many of our liberties came from ideas from the old world, I believe that some of these ideas must still be in place. I have no definite plans, so all this worrying could be for naught. On the other hand, I'd still like to keep my options open.
NOTE: I posted this under legal because it concerns laws in the EU, if it is more general discussion, mods, feel free to move. I also just realized that the title makes it look like I'm in some sort of legal trouble, apologies... no legal troubles, just moral dilemmas
