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WW2 Era Commercial Luger question
I know that Mauser made Commercial (banner?) Lugers during WW2 untill 1942. I take most of the 'commercial' Lugers ended up with police units from what I've read. But were actual commercial Lugers for sale to the general public during WW2? I would think with the war efford, all Luger production would be for the military or police. Could a individual buy a new Luger during the war?( WW1 for that matter) If so, how did they come packaged? I've seen few pictures of Lugers of any era in their 'as new' from the manufacture boxes to be sold to the public. You see rigs, but I take most 'store' boxes were discarded.
Thanks,Bill |
The Nazis made civilian weapons illegal, about.... 1936?
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All civilian weapons illegal? Including hunting rifles and the like?
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The Nazis did not make civilian ownership illegal. What they did is impose a universal gun registration and then cherry picked who they denied permits for possesion to. We can all guess what groups were included here.
Sound familiar? If all possesion was illegal, GIs who demanded that all guns be turned in at local levels at the end of hostilities would not have ended up with the piles of eclectic guns turned in my obediant citizens |
Banner's were issued to police, military and I assume civilian; as said above, guns were not illegal, just regulated.
Officers bought their own pistols (and sometimes issues), but since they bought their own, thus they bought civilian types. In addition, remember that railroad officials needed arms, postal, etc, etc, some smaller caliber, some larger caliber. ed |
As of 1942 ALL male government employees in Germany were required by edict to carry sidearms.
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