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alvin · 12-22-2008, 09:58 PM

This reminds me one question that I don't know the answer. Could someone help?

Back some time ago, I saw an ad on gunbroker.com selling a Mauser pistol rig. The seller said his father or grandfather "bought it in the Third Reich just before it collapsed in 1945" (not exact words, but accurate enough).

I was wondering.... in that era, could German citizen buy a gun? Or, his father or grandfather must serve in German military to buy that gun? Theorically possible?

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I heard it's a Nazi achievement to require firearm registering in 1930s, the street would become safer and police would be more efficient blah blah (info from unfamiliar site years ago)..... absolutely no interest in politics here..... but could German civilian buy guns in that era?

12-22-2008, 09:58 PM	#4
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	This reminds me one question that I don't know the answer. Could someone help? Back some time ago, I saw an ad on gunbroker.com selling a Mauser pistol rig. The seller said his father or grandfather "bought it in the Third Reich just before it collapsed in 1945" (not exact words, but accurate enough). I was wondering.... in that era, could German citizen buy a gun? Or, his father or grandfather must serve in German military to buy that gun? Theorically possible? === I heard it's a Nazi achievement to require firearm registering in 1930s, the street would become safer and police would be more efficient blah blah (info from unfamiliar site years ago)..... absolutely no interest in politics here..... but could German civilian buy guns in that era? Last edited by alvin; 12-22-2008 at 11:26 PM.