sprithitler
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I live in Sweden and are preparing to start campaigning in earnest for the right to own and carry firearms without licensing or registration. Today the law requires a comprehensive course in hunting, shooting, firearms safety, law and so on to be eligible to get a license for hunting weapons. You must then apply for a licence for each rifle or shotgun you want to buy.
For competition shooting licences you must be a competition shooter since at least six month, be a good enough shot to have a reasonable chance to place in a regional competition, and be recommended for a license by your marksmanship club. Competition licences are generally limited in time and must be renewed through continuos membership in a marksmanship club. Every firearm (not bb-guns) is registered by the police. Getting a license for carrying or for protection is impossible.
What i need from you guys is advice on arguments for reasonable firearm laws (concealed carry, open carry, no licencing, no registration, no limit on magasine capacity, no ban on automatic weapons and so on). Arguments legally based on the second amendment is obviously not applicable here, though arguments philosophically based there are possible.
Generally speaking there is nothing in current swedish law (or previous swedish law as far as i know of) supporting me in this crusade, so we must plan this battle on human rights, basic liberty,individual freedom and reasonable trust in "bonus pater familias".
Please help.
For competition shooting licences you must be a competition shooter since at least six month, be a good enough shot to have a reasonable chance to place in a regional competition, and be recommended for a license by your marksmanship club. Competition licences are generally limited in time and must be renewed through continuos membership in a marksmanship club. Every firearm (not bb-guns) is registered by the police. Getting a license for carrying or for protection is impossible.
What i need from you guys is advice on arguments for reasonable firearm laws (concealed carry, open carry, no licencing, no registration, no limit on magasine capacity, no ban on automatic weapons and so on). Arguments legally based on the second amendment is obviously not applicable here, though arguments philosophically based there are possible.
Generally speaking there is nothing in current swedish law (or previous swedish law as far as i know of) supporting me in this crusade, so we must plan this battle on human rights, basic liberty,individual freedom and reasonable trust in "bonus pater familias".
Please help.