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Posted: 7/8/2014 6:19:37 AM EDT
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You can own them, but woe betide anyone caught with one fitted on a weapon :-D
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Posted: 7/8/2014 7:02:50 AM EDT
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You can own them, but woe betide anyone caught with one fitted on a weapon :-D Tony Wrong. Even possession of a gun mountable laser or flashlight is a felony in Germany. 
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Posted: 7/8/2014 2:26:51 PM EDT
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Thanks guys and Hi Tony good to see you again !
That's retarded ( its not a joke right Mike ?) as I have yet to see a laser pointer/flashlight that I could not mount on a weapon. The one I have is however specially designed for the P22 rail and trigger guard so that would fall under the ban I guess. What justification does the German state give for the ban or did they just watch Terminator ? Seems like a good court case to do with the free movement of goods rules as I cant think of a objective justification. |
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Posted: 7/9/2014 2:35:34 AM EDT
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Iggy, I'm serious, and yes, it's really retarded. Everything that is gun mounted (or mountable) is a "verbotener Gegenstand", and illegal item according to the Waffengesetz (German Gun Law). Even possession is already a felony and you can ger up to 5 years in jail for that.
What were they thinking? Probably nothing, as usual when it comes to their Waffengesetz. Must have been Arnold in the Terminator movie or some other Hollywood bullshit that made them think "guns don't kill people, lasers and flashlights on those guns do". 
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Posted: 7/9/2014 4:23:31 AM EDT
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Iggy, I'm serious, and yes, it's really retarded. Everything that is gun mounted (or mountable) is a "verbotener Gegenstand", and illegal item according to the Waffengesetz (German Gun Law). Even possession is already a felony and you can ger up to 5 years in jail for that. What were they thinking? Probably nothing, as usual when it comes to their Waffengesetz. Must have been Arnold in the Terminator movie or some other Hollywood bullshit that made them think "guns don't kill people, lasers and flashlights on those guns do". Yes weapon lights, another high point of the Waffengesetz, in Austria lasers are GTG, but lights are only legal, if they are designed to be mounted on a handgun, those for long guns are illegal. Whats the difference before the law: The pictures on the packaging and if the instruction sheet states it's designed for use with a long-gun.
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Posted: 7/9/2014 5:12:10 PM EDT
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Thanks Mike, I sit corrected lol...
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Posted: 7/9/2014 7:03:19 PM EDT
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Thanks Mike, I sit corrected lol... LOL. No big deal mate! 
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Posted: 7/10/2014 2:31:51 AM EDT
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How's life in Bavaria, I have since moved to Lower Saxony :-)
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Posted: 7/10/2014 2:54:25 AM EDT
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How's life in Bavaria, I have since moved to Lower Saxony :-) Just read your PM! Wow... Life is same-same here. Still working on my relocation plans, travelling back to Texas about 2 times a year setting everything up...
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Posted: 7/12/2014 8:09:09 PM EDT
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So while I'm screwing around on eGun getting rid of stuff I no longer use I noticed a lot more suppressed weapons are being offered.
Has there been a change in licensing in Germany as in the past it seemed to be almost 'No Issue' ? |
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Posted: 7/14/2014 10:35:24 AM EDT
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So while I'm screwing around on eGun getting rid of stuff I no longer use I noticed a lot more suppressed weapons are being offered. Has there been a change in licensing in Germany as in the past it seemed to be almost 'No Issue' ? Seriously? Supressors fall under the same "illegal possession" law as well. Sure it ain't airsoft stuff....? |
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Posted: 7/14/2014 5:49:01 PM EDT
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Plenty of 'F'' suppressors (that make the ban look even more retarded) but also saw some guns offers like this one. The ad says something about a EWB for the suppressor but as far as I knew they were 'no issue' in Germany.
http://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=5009450 Anyway I put my P22 laser on eGun the the explicit text 'No sale or delivery to Germany' but they still took it down and my other auction left in place. |
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Posted: 7/14/2014 7:10:54 PM EDT
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Well, AFAIK professional hunters in Germany can apply for the "EWB", the license, for a silencer. That's about the only hole I know about. For all others even possession is prohibited.
The "F" stuff is for the so callec "freie Waffen", like airsoft, CO2 and BB. Those won't work on a real firearm. Yeah, eGun takes down ads that violate their funny rules. After all it's a German website...
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Posted: 7/16/2014 6:26:38 AM EDT
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Well, AFAIK professional hunters in Germany can apply for the "EWB", the license, for a silencer. That's about the only hole I know about. For all others even possession is prohibited. The "F" stuff is for the so callec "freie Waffen", like airsoft, CO2 and BB. Those won't work on a real firearm. Yeah, eGun takes down ads that violate their funny rules. After all it's a German website... They wont have a Nielsen device needed for for say the 1911 style recoil operated pistols but some I recognise to be UK made .22lr supressors with a F stuck on them. |
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Posted: 7/16/2014 7:45:20 AM EDT
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They wont have a Nielsen device needed for for say the 1911 style recoil operated pistols but some I recognise to be UK made .22lr supressors with a F stuck on them. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Well, AFAIK professional hunters in Germany can apply for the "EWB", the license, for a silencer. That's about the only hole I know about. For all others even possession is prohibited. The "F" stuff is for the so callec "freie Waffen", like airsoft, CO2 and BB. Those won't work on a real firearm. Yeah, eGun takes down ads that violate their funny rules. After all it's a German website... They wont have a Nielsen device needed for for say the 1911 style recoil operated pistols but some I recognise to be UK made .22lr supressors with a F stuck on them. Not sure, but I wouldn't dare buying one of them... The German Feds are watching eGun VERY closely... 
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