Belgian Gunlaws, part one
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Me rambling about the Belgian
Me rambling about the Belgian gunlaws.
Part two: Belgian gunlaws part two
First of all, the basic law in Belgium is that we CAN NOT own guns. None. EXCEPT if you are a licensed hunter OR a licensed recreational shooter. Up to 2006, you only needed a license to buy a handgun or semiautomatic rifle, hunting rifles could be bought freely. Processing the application for a firearms-license could take anywhere from a few minutes up to a few months, depending on how pro or con private gunownership the chief of police in your village was.
That was until, in 2006, an idiot decided to buy a Marlin model 336 in 30-.30 and, in a racist attack, randomly shot a few colored people in the city of Antwerp. Hans Van Themsche was his name. Look this name up in Wikipedia if you want to know the details.
You know how it goes after a drama like this, first the media have a feast and before you know it, politicians are stumbling over each other screaming for stricter gunlaws, not bothered by any knowledge whatsoever. And since the event caused a real emotional shockwave across our country, politicians were very determined to pass very strict gunlaws.
Now, even as a registered hunter or sportsman, to apply for a license, we need to fill in a large file containing of course both the identity of buyer and the seller of the gun, describe the gun, add a picture, tell how and where you plan on storing the weapon, why you apply for a gun, add proof of membership of a gunclub.
The gunclub needs to declare that it is allowed to shoot that particular weapon on their firing range, and that the applier is a regular and good member that never caused any troubles.
Then, all other adult (+18y.o.) family members living in your house have to sign a declaration that they agree with your application.
You also need a declaration of a doctor in which he states that you are suited to handle firearms.
Then you still have to pass a theoretical and a practical test.
To top it off, add a list of firearms that you already have plus a copy of all the licenses of these firearms.
Under this new law, it takes two to six months to process your application. And each application will cost you about €95 in taxes. And if you want to buy another gun a few months later, you have to fill in the entire file again, from scratch. And pay again. One positive note: If I apply for, let's say, 15 guns at a time, I can put these 15 applications in one file, and then I have to pay the tax only one time.
When I finally get my permit and buy the gun, I have to keep my gun in a locked closet, or if I have five or more guns, I have to keep them in a safe. If you have more than 25 weapons, you have to create a gunroom with a solid door with alarmsystem and if the room has a window, put bars in front of the window.
I am only allowed to transport my weapon between home and the firing range or the gunstore and then I have to transport it with a triggerlock in place, inside a locked briefcase, with the ammunition in a seperate locked box and put it in the closed trunk of the car so I can't reach it while driving.
Yesyes, the belgian lawmaker obviously has a lot of confidence in his citizens.
And now, recently, some politicians proposed to ban all semi-automatic longarms. Why? Because a few months ago, shortly before christmas 2011, in the city of Liège, some muslim-idiot threw a few grenades and fired at the crowd on a market place with an AK, resulting in the death of four people and over a hundred injured. Because it was immediately clear that the perpetrator (who also shot and killed himself) used illegal weapons (grenades and fullauto AK's cannot be owned legally), politicians very shortly after the drama stated that they would start a war on illegal firearms so that a drama like this would never happen again... But soon after making these statements, these politicians probably discovered that, especially in a small country like ours that lives off import and export and where every day litteraly thousands of containers pass through, fighting the illegal firearmstrade would mean that they would actually have to work to get results, and that it instead would be much easier to once again limit the rights of the good, law-abiding citizen...
Bottom line: people in the US or in eastern european countries or countries anywhere in the world where you still have reasonable rights to own and maybe carry firearms: DO NOT GIVE IN TO ANY LEGISLATION LIMITING YOUR RIGHTS! The anti-gun-crowd will keep on trying to vote anti-gunlaws and they will always say it is for increasing public safety. But do not let your guard down: they are no more interested in public safety than they are in the color of Michael Moore's underwear. They are after your guns and they will only stop when everybody is disarmed completely. It is not about safety, it's all about control! Join the NRA or start similar organisations before it's too late!
Part two: Belgian gunlaws part two
First of all, the basic law in Belgium is that we CAN NOT own guns. None. EXCEPT if you are a licensed hunter OR a licensed recreational shooter. Up to 2006, you only needed a license to buy a handgun or semiautomatic rifle, hunting rifles could be bought freely. Processing the application for a firearms-license could take anywhere from a few minutes up to a few months, depending on how pro or con private gunownership the chief of police in your village was.
That was until, in 2006, an idiot decided to buy a Marlin model 336 in 30-.30 and, in a racist attack, randomly shot a few colored people in the city of Antwerp. Hans Van Themsche was his name. Look this name up in Wikipedia if you want to know the details.
You know how it goes after a drama like this, first the media have a feast and before you know it, politicians are stumbling over each other screaming for stricter gunlaws, not bothered by any knowledge whatsoever. And since the event caused a real emotional shockwave across our country, politicians were very determined to pass very strict gunlaws.
Now, even as a registered hunter or sportsman, to apply for a license, we need to fill in a large file containing of course both the identity of buyer and the seller of the gun, describe the gun, add a picture, tell how and where you plan on storing the weapon, why you apply for a gun, add proof of membership of a gunclub.
The gunclub needs to declare that it is allowed to shoot that particular weapon on their firing range, and that the applier is a regular and good member that never caused any troubles.
Then, all other adult (+18y.o.) family members living in your house have to sign a declaration that they agree with your application.
You also need a declaration of a doctor in which he states that you are suited to handle firearms.
Then you still have to pass a theoretical and a practical test.
To top it off, add a list of firearms that you already have plus a copy of all the licenses of these firearms.
Under this new law, it takes two to six months to process your application. And each application will cost you about €95 in taxes. And if you want to buy another gun a few months later, you have to fill in the entire file again, from scratch. And pay again. One positive note: If I apply for, let's say, 15 guns at a time, I can put these 15 applications in one file, and then I have to pay the tax only one time.
When I finally get my permit and buy the gun, I have to keep my gun in a locked closet, or if I have five or more guns, I have to keep them in a safe. If you have more than 25 weapons, you have to create a gunroom with a solid door with alarmsystem and if the room has a window, put bars in front of the window.
I am only allowed to transport my weapon between home and the firing range or the gunstore and then I have to transport it with a triggerlock in place, inside a locked briefcase, with the ammunition in a seperate locked box and put it in the closed trunk of the car so I can't reach it while driving.
Yesyes, the belgian lawmaker obviously has a lot of confidence in his citizens.
And now, recently, some politicians proposed to ban all semi-automatic longarms. Why? Because a few months ago, shortly before christmas 2011, in the city of Liège, some muslim-idiot threw a few grenades and fired at the crowd on a market place with an AK, resulting in the death of four people and over a hundred injured. Because it was immediately clear that the perpetrator (who also shot and killed himself) used illegal weapons (grenades and fullauto AK's cannot be owned legally), politicians very shortly after the drama stated that they would start a war on illegal firearms so that a drama like this would never happen again... But soon after making these statements, these politicians probably discovered that, especially in a small country like ours that lives off import and export and where every day litteraly thousands of containers pass through, fighting the illegal firearmstrade would mean that they would actually have to work to get results, and that it instead would be much easier to once again limit the rights of the good, law-abiding citizen...
Bottom line: people in the US or in eastern european countries or countries anywhere in the world where you still have reasonable rights to own and maybe carry firearms: DO NOT GIVE IN TO ANY LEGISLATION LIMITING YOUR RIGHTS! The anti-gun-crowd will keep on trying to vote anti-gunlaws and they will always say it is for increasing public safety. But do not let your guard down: they are no more interested in public safety than they are in the color of Michael Moore's underwear. They are after your guns and they will only stop when everybody is disarmed completely. It is not about safety, it's all about control! Join the NRA or start similar organisations before it's too late!
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