"Reichsbürger" and New Year's Eve riots: Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wants to ban semi-automatic weapons, among other things.
not Bavaria.
To protect two groups.
Berlin – If it is up to Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD), the matter is clear: gun laws in Germany must be tightened.
Among other things, the SPD politician would like to ban semi-automatic firearms, make it more difficult to buy alarm pistols (which were previously freely available) and give the authorities more rights to information – for example about where gun owners live or possible mental illnesses.
In its coalition agreement, the traffic light already agreed on an evaluation of the gun law.
The goal is to "consistently disarm" terrorists and extremists. But Faeser's plans go too far for the FDP.
And not just the Liberals.
Criticism also comes from Bavaria.
CSU Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann speaks of "symbolic politics".
Faeser's suggestions "go far beyond a reasonable goal," Herrmann told the
Munich newspaper IPPEN.MEDIA
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CSU Interior Minister Herrmann: "No gain for security recognizable"
Above all, the CSU politician feels that the planned regular query to the health authorities is a “particularly deep encroachment on personal rights.” There are also three million sports shooters in Germany – and they are making life unnecessarily difficult.
"In almost all shooting sports associations, semi-automatic weapons - i.e. the ones that Faeser now wants to ban - are used in competitions.
The technology is also used by hunters,” says Herrmann.
Faeser's plans create a lot of bureaucracy, they are a massive intervention in shooting sports and customs.
"On the other hand, there is hardly any gain for public safety and order," Herrmann told our editorial team.
Because: illegal weapons are involved in the vast majority of crimes committed with firearms in Germany.
"And even the strictest gun laws don't help against that," says Herrmann.
Disagreement in the traffic light: why the FDP is against tightening gun laws
Most recently, the riots on New Year's Eve in Berlin and the exposure of a suspected terrorist network of "Reich citizens" fueled the debate about stricter gun laws in Germany.
Faeser said it needed "maximum pressure from all authorities." The 48-page draft law from her house is currently in the cabinet for departmental approval.
Changes are therefore still possible.
That's the wrong way.
Current law has long permitted the disarmament of Reich citizens and enemies of the constitution.
New ban debates don't help @fdpbt https://t.co/KU7OQBp7NV
— Konstantin Kuhle (@KonstantinKuhle) January 9, 2023
The minister receives support from the Greens.
Hunting and rifle associations as well as the coalition partner FDP have expressed clear criticism.
Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann considers the existing legal situation to be sufficient.
FDP parliamentary group leader Konstantin Kuhle also announced via Twitter that tightening gun laws was the wrong approach.
“Current law has long permitted the disarmament of Reich citizens and enemies of the constitution.
New ban debates do not help.”
