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Yes, TJ, there are good points and bad points from all angles on gun ownership. There's always incidents like you read that make it hard on all gun owners. Too bad the responsible gun owners are put in the same barrel when you mention the word weapons after a crazy shooting incident. And how many criminals are going to register? So you make it hard and a hassle for the law abiding citizen. Without getting too long winded, I think most in the states wouldn't mind registration if they were guaranteed there wouldn't be some law down the road that all of a sudden the rifle they owned for 50 years was now outlawed -- and they knew exactly where to go get it, if it were registered. Plus, I'm a firm believer that in the states they aren't going to stop with registration, they want them all destroyed, no exceptions. They are at step 1, but that is not the intent of Feinstein, Kennedy, etc al, to stop there. My NRA Life Membership helps keep the liberals in line, it's the least I can do to preserve responsible gun ownership for hunters and sport shooters. Whether you agree or not with everything the NRA is doing, does not mean that you shouldn't support them. I think w/o the NRA the states would have lost a lot of rights years ago.
Anyway, to own weapons in Germany you need a reason, i.e., hunter or sport shooter, and you are responsible for the control of them, i.e., under lock & key in a weapons safe when not in use. Is it good? I haven't had any problems, and I can hunt and shoot 365 days a year. Also, not all my weapons are here, I have many in the states, but also in a weapons safe under lock.
I don't want to hi-jack this thread, and it's only my opinion, so I hope I don't set a fire off on this subject, I know it's touchy and means a lot to many Americans -- I'm on your side, Waidmannsheil Dom.
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