Up In Arms: German Small Arms Ownership Soars 85% In Under 2 Years

Two years after your chancellor decides to admit over 1 million undocumented middle-eastern immigrants to boost the economy and instead gets a series of terrorist attacks in return, this is the outcome: "Germans are taking up arms of angst."

According to Handelsblatt, demand in Germany for non-lethal weapons, including gas pistols, flare and stun guns, as well as pepper spray is on the rise. While in the US, the German magazine notes, every mass shooting is followed by yet another heated gun debate. in Germany gun-related crime is comparatively rare, but the issue of guns is increasingly in the forefront of political discussions.

That's because sales of freely available arms are booming. The number of applications for small arms permits has set new records. In 2017, 557,560 people obtained such a license. In January 2016, only 300,949 people had a permit. This means ownership soared by a staggering 85% in just under two years.

Following the Paris terror attacks in 2015 and the sexual assaults on women on New Year’s Eve in Cologne the following month, demand for deterrent devices has taken off. “After the attacks in Paris on the Bataclan music venue in November 2015, a wave of uncertainty spilled over to Germany,” said Ingo Meinhard, director of the German association of gunsmiths and gun dealers.

Why the scramble for self-defense? "The fact that Germans are arming themselves might be rooted in a sense of deteriorating safety" Handelsblatt philosophically observes.

There is a growing feeling that the state cannot sufficiently protect its citizens and therefore they must protect themselves. Recent cuts to the police force contributed to the problem.

And, of course, there is the refugee problem. Some see the influx of refugees and migrants to Germany since 2015 as a trigger to a worsening security situation. The number of crime suspects classed as immigrants – including asylum seekers, refugees and illegal immigrants – rose to 174,438 in 2016, an increase of 52.7 percent from the previous year. Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said.

"This can’t be sugar-coated."

Others are blaming, what else, "fake news."

Some experts beg to differ. Although the increasing demand for small firearms proves that citizens feel unsafe, a lot of it comes down to distorted or exaggerated media reports and social media posts by populists, argued André Schulz, head of the Criminal Police Association. It’s not rationally justified and does not reflect the “objective risk situation,” he said.

At least they haven't blamed Putin yet for Germany's weaponization scramble.

As discussed previously, while Germany has strict gun control laws, it’s not difficult to obtain a license for non-lethal weapons. The applicant has to be at least 18 years old, though convicted felons, alcohol or drug addicts and people with a record of mental illness are barred. “The authorities examine the applicants thoroughly,” said Mr. Meinhard. “No one should be afraid of these people.”

However, Holger Stahlknecht, state interior minister in Saxony-Anhalt, isn’t convinced. He worries about the current trend and warns that arming oneself with small weapons can lead to a false sense of security. “Obviously, people believe they are buying safety with a small gun license,” he said.

“However, this sense of security is deceptive, since these weapons could escalate a situation and could even be used against the owner.”

One thing is clear: Germany is becoming increasingly militant in response to what many thought was a problem that ended when Merkel ended her "closed door" policy. And while for now the spike in self-defense measures is confined to non-lethal means, a few more terrorist attacks and this too will surely change.

Comments

JimmyJones Looney Feb 3, 2018 12:58 PM Permalink

They are waking up. Everyone knows someone screwed by a "refugee" now. They can't lie to the people anymore. It's just too obvious. Might as well try to tell the Germans the sky is green, that's what they here when they say diversity is good for Germany

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New World Chaos JimmyJones Feb 3, 2018 1:22 PM Permalink

It's reverse eugenics.  Revenge of the Jews.  More specifically, the Rothschilds.  They said they have targeted the German bloodline for destruction.

To understand how the world got so fucked up, it is essential to understand the Rothschilds.  This article describes what really makes them tick:

https://crashthematrix.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/interview-with-the-vamp…

It's cliff notes for a disclosure which the Rothschilds did in 2011, so that they would have karmic permission to move to the next stage of the control grid.  He said it will be something even more controlling than world currency or world government.   He never disclosed what the next stage is, because the people of Godlike Productions were too stupid to ask the right questions.  So he chose his "disclosure" forum well.  However, he did make many other disclosures.  There was a lot of stuff that was just strange enough to be true and his overall  character (40% Goa’uld, 30% Hitler, 15% Unabomber, 15% David Icke) is not something that the average troll would be able to pull off convincingly over the course of a year.  There's *something different* about this guy.  He's probably real.

The most interesting point is that the Rothschilds got to the top due to centuries of selectively breeding themselves for intelligence, sociopathy, organizational skill, and the ability to work on multi-generational timescales.   Meanwhile, they encourage us to become a bunch of 85 IQ mongrels who can't plan beyond the next welfare payment.  They encourage the smartest women to put all their efforts into powering the Rothschilds' hamster wheel, while having few or no children, and paying idiots to breed.  The Rothschilds are trying to bifrucate the human species using all kinds of social engineering like this.  "Diversity is Strength" is their Orwellian way of weakening us until we all become permanent slaves.

The entire interview is 50 pages long, even after being filtered down from the original source material, but it is also worth reading if you have the time.  It's a heavy redpill / blackpill.   https://archive.fo/qERv5

 

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Heros Feb 3, 2018 12:48 PM Permalink

"As discussed previously, while Germany has strict gun control laws, it’s not difficult to obtain a license for non-lethal weapons. "

That looks like a Walther 22 cal.  I guess that is considered non-lethal.  Better than nothing.

The Mossad used 22 cal Walthers to take out the Palestinian "terrorists" accused of murdering the judaic Olimpic team in 1972.

G-R-U-N-T Feb 3, 2018 12:51 PM Permalink

This cracks me up, here you have a Merkel economic immigrant invasion, only to have the German/European people pick up arms to protect themselves! Absolutely insane!

 

Kagemusho Feb 3, 2018 1:00 PM Permalink

If Germans want guns, all they have to do is raid a few mosques. Islamist extremists hide huge stockpile of weapons near German mosque  https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/684623/Islamist-extremists-hide-hu…

Addendum: I know my AK's, and quite a few of those in the pic look Chinese, with that spike bayonet attached to the front sight block. AKs from all over (Romania, Bulgaria, China, etc.) have been seen in jihadi hands these past 4 years. I wonder how they got them; maybe a few fell off the 50-ton  pallets of weapons and ammo the US was air-dropping into jihadi territory in Syria. Talk about 'blowback'. 

RedBaron616 Feb 3, 2018 1:02 PM Permalink

“However, this sense of security is deceptive, since these weapons could escalate a situation and could even be used against the owner.”

So states another safe politician living in his gated community, not wanting the common man to be able to defend himself from the hoards the politician, no doubt, was thrilled to let into Germany. The spirit of Nazi gun control lives!

Perhaps the politicians fear the guns may be used on them. Certainly, many Germans would cry no tears.

RagnarRedux JD59 Feb 3, 2018 1:21 PM Permalink

"Just don't let the progressive leftist disarm you in Germany like Hitler did in your past."

Learn something factual rather than blindly regurgitating (((ethno-collective))) propaganda, junior.

"The Nazis adopted a new gun law in 1938. According to an analysis by Bernard Harcourt, a professor at Columbia University School of Law, it loosened gun ownership rules in several ways.

It deregulated the buying and selling of rifles, shotguns and ammunition. It made handguns easier to own by allowing anyone with a hunting license to buy, sell or carry one at any time. (You didn’t need to be hunting.) It also extended the permit period from one year to three and gave local officials more discretion in letting people under 18 get a gun."

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/oct/26/ben-cars…

http://solargeneral.org/gun-control-in-germany-1928-1945/

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koan Feb 3, 2018 1:13 PM Permalink

However, Holger Stahlknecht, state interior minister in Saxony-Anhalt, isn’t convinced. He worries about the current trend and warns that arming oneself with small weapons can lead to a false sense of security. “Obviously, people believe they are buying safety with a small gun license,” he said.

“However, this sense of security is deceptive, since these weapons could escalate a situation and could even be used against the owner.”

That's why you train, the most expensive thing about guns isn't the cost of the gun its self, but the training required to become competent with it.

 

numapepi Feb 3, 2018 1:24 PM Permalink

Clearly it is time to outlaw guns in the hands of Kafirs... can't have the dhimmi protecting themselves!!!! It is a violation of Sharia and therefore a violation of Islamist's religious freedom.

ipso_facto Feb 3, 2018 1:24 PM Permalink

'And while for now the spike in self-defense measures is confined to non-lethal means, a few more terrorist attacks and this too will surely change.'

After a few more terrorist attacks maybe the actual Germans will begin elimination of the wholesale foreign culture.

Bemused Observer Feb 3, 2018 1:29 PM Permalink

"...could even be used against the owner." By WHO?

Oh yeah, by the person who is TRYING TO KILL YOU. It isn't as if someone is just going to run up to you, take your own weapon, and shoot you with it.

So yes, this person who is TRYING TO KILL YOU might, if you have a weapon, get hold of it. But unless he is going to let you go if you don't have one, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?

But YOUR odds of shooting him first go waaaay up if YOU have a gun.

FIAT CON Feb 3, 2018 1:30 PM Permalink

"There is a growing feeling that the state cannot sufficiently protect its citizens"

Funny how feelings are the truth. the .gov cannot protect you. They only clean up the mess after the crime has been committed.

When seconds count, don't worry the police will be there in minutes.