In Rochefort (Charente Maritime)
“It's a great relief! I didn't know how to get rid of these weapons found in the attic at my father's house after his death. He was in his twenties in 1940,”
says Odile, preferring to keep her name quiet.
Hidden under a red blanket: an old hunting rifle and two Mauser 98k, the service weapon of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War.
“I didn't know he owned these guns.
Me, I hate that”,
specifies this retiree from La Rochelle who came to the Rochefort police station, transformed into an “armodrome”, to get rid of this cumbersome heritage.
This Friday, nearly 300 similar collection points opened their doors in France.
Until December 2, the Ministry of the Interior is thus organizing a national operation to abandon found or inherited weapons.
According to the government, if 5 million French people legally hold weapons, at least 2 million fellow citizens possess them "without title".
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