Yes, Germany's gun control laws are very strict and burdensome. I am not up on their current regulations, but you have to be licensed/permitted to have/purchase firearms/ammunition, the firearms have to be locked up when at your residence and unloaded with ammunition separated. So even though you have your registered firearm, you cant keep it loaded and ready for use in your home. Because they have no Second Amendment! In Germany you are only allowed to have firearms to hunt, target shoot or collect. Not for defense of your home. Looks like they are trying to get rid of the collector portion. Of course the main focus of the new law is to just make it more and more difficult for law abiding gun owners, so they will give up their license or curtail the amount of firearms they possess. The exception is German Police Officers who can take their duty gun home. In the past it was common practice that most police officers would leave their duty guns locked up at their work station and not carry off duty or at home. I spoke with some German Police Officers a couple years ago and was told things have changed and more officers are carrying off duty and taking their duty guns home. They said the change was due to the elevation of Terrorism and increased threat from all the 3rd world refugees being brought into Germany. Any of you members in Europe please correct me if I am wrong or if you have more details regarding ownership in Germany/Europe.
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