EU France makes push to collect heirloom weapons across country

BRUNOY, France (AP) — The pistol the elderly French woman inherited from her grandfather had once belonged to a German soldier, killed in a war fought on France’s soil in the last century.

Now the woman has turned the heirloom over to police for fear that her grandchildren would stumble upon it.

French authorities want others to follow the unnamed woman’s example by turning in millions of old firearms, remnants of the two World Wars and long-abandoned hunting excursions.

The country has launched a weeklong nationwide campaign ending Dec. 2 to collect old, unregistered weapons that are tucked away in attics and storerooms across the country that saw much of the twentieth century’s fiercest fighting.

“We believe there are about 5 or 6 million weapons that are being kept in an irregular manner by our fellow citizens,” said Jean-Simon Merandat, Head of the Interior Ministry’s Central Service for Arms and Explosives. “Eighty to ninety percent of these weapons are in their possession due to an inheritance.”

Despite many such historical items seeming harmless, authorities promoting the campaign warn that appearances are deceptive. The old weapons can still be deadly and can be used to perpetuate domestic violence, or even fall into the hands of criminal networks.
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The good news is French authorities deem their campaign so far to have been “a real success,” claiming to have rounded up 1.6 million munitions pieces, and 65,000 firearms. There will be no legal consequences if weapons are handed over willingly, authorities said.

The overwhelming majority of unregistered weapons that will be collected will be destroyed. But a prized few whose metal barrels tell remarkable stories will be saved and preserved by the state.

“We expect those with historic or cultural value to be spared destruction and brought to one or several museums,” Merandat added.

Anyone wishing to hold on to their weapon and join the ranks of France’s 5 million legal gun owners can do so if they seek to obtain a legal permit. With a population of 67 million people, France has proportionally far fewer guns than countries such as the United States.

A public outcry over a spike in the number of murders of women by their partners has also prompted authorities to push ahead with the gun collection drive.

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[WonderWino]

Gee, I wonder why

 

[ZazietheBeast]

I wonder if this will also include cleaning detergents and sharpened sticks? You may as well ban nature. Oh wait!

 

[not william stenchever]

France was a mistake and we should correct it.

 

[Agarathium1066]

A public outcry over a spike in the number of murders of women by their partners has also prompted authorities to push ahead with the gun collection drive.

Yes I'm certain that the issue is that antique weaponry is just too available and ready to slaughter. Its not the wave of immigrants who think women should get a beating regularly to keep them in line. Those cursed mausers and old Lebels, they'll kill us all!

 

[Tsukasa Kadoya]

A public outcry over a spike in the number of murders of women by their partners has also prompted authorities to push ahead with the gun collection drive.

Huh, I didn't know honor killings involved guns.

 

[WeedFaggot024]

keeping guns in the hands of criminals.

 

[Weed Eater]

The overwhelming majority of unregistered weapons that will be collected will be destroyed. But a prized few whose metal barrels tell remarkable stories will be saved and preserved by the state.

“We expect those with historic or cultural value to be spared destruction and brought to one or several museums,” Merandat added.

No, everyone who is gullible enough to hand over their heirloom firearms are never going to see those heirlooms ever again. They will be destroyed, melted down for metal, who fucking knows, but none of them are going to ever see a museum despite the history some may have attached to them.

This is reminding me too of that time the city of L.A. decided that ivory (in general) was unlawful, so anyone who ever owned ivory was essentially being forced to let the powers that be come in, collect all the ivory art and other pieces that they could find, only to make it a big event where everyone could watch priceless heirlooms like that be destroyed for the sake of "being an environmentalist". Yes, this included museums and fine art collectors being forced to hand over ivory. Naturally, people like this and even some regular citizens were pretty upset about this whole topic and situation, because only retards will seriously sit here and think: "You know what will curb poaching and illegal animal trades? Desecrating the already dead animals even further so nobody can enjoy them! Fuck you if you think otherwise! It's totally not being a wasteful piece of shit!"

Again, wouldn't be shocked if the French government essentially does the same thing, only instead of ivory, it's vintage guns.

 

[Tsukasa Kadoya]

No, everyone who is gullible enough to hand over their heirloom firearms are never going to see those heirlooms ever again. They will be destroyed, melted down for metal, who fucking knows, but none of them are going to ever see a museum despite the history some may have attached to them.

This is reminding me too of that time the city of L.A. decided that ivory (in general) was unlawful, so anyone who ever owned ivory was essentially being forced to let the powers that be come in, collect all the ivory art and other pieces that they could find, only to make it a big event where everyone could watch priceless heirlooms like that be destroyed for the sake of "being an environmentalist". Yes, this included museums and fine art collectors being forced to hand over ivory. Naturally, people like this and even some regular citizens were pretty upset about this whole topic and situation, because only retards will seriously sit here and think: "You know what will curb poaching and illegal animal trades? Desecrating the already dead animals even further so nobody can enjoy them! Fuck you if you think otherwise! It's totally not being a wasteful piece of shit!"

Again, wouldn't be shocked if the French government essentially does the same thing, only instead of ivory, it's vintage guns.

Eurofags of all people should know disarming themselves will only lead to government sanctioned genocide.
Europe was a mistake.

 

[I Love Beef]

While guns are included with my concern, my initial fears were about them confiscating and destroying medieval weapons like swords, spears, polearms of other sorts, and daggers and knives and shields and whatnot. Though considering it's Surrender Cheese Monkey land we're talking about, I wouldn't be surprised these fuckers would try that too.

Also, I dare you to fuck with Joyequese, commie cheese monkeys. Destroy that and see what happens. I sure won't fucking care if Charlemange and God end up seeing your nation sink faster than Ys.

 

[murph]

While guns are included with my concern, my initial fears were about them confiscating and destroying medieval weapons like swords, spears, polearms of other sorts, and daggers and knives and shields and whatnot.

Reading the headline I was thinking "Don't give up your muskets and bayonettes, those are really valuable!"

 

[The Dude]

That's right you cheese eating surrender monkeys, surrender those weapons like a good peasant! Remember: the state owns you now because you have allowed them to.

 

[Fatboi Gus]

Shit like that is why I don't buy the boards blackpilled doomerism regarding Globohomo power. These are not the the actions of a power structure that feels entirely secure.

 

[mindlessobserver]

Imagine being such a fool you would surrender your ability to defend yourself too the STATE.

 

[Tsukasa Kadoya]

Imagine being such a fool you would surrender your ability to defend yourself too the STATE.

Come on, the state would NEVER betray you, right?
....right?

While guns are included with my concern, my initial fears were about them confiscating and destroying medieval weapons like swords, spears, polearms of other sorts, and daggers and knives and shields and whatnot. Though considering it's Surrender Cheese Monkey land we're talking about, I wouldn't be surprised these fuckers would try that too.

Also, I dare you to fuck with Joyequese, commie cheese monkeys. Destroy that and see what happens. I sure won't fucking care if Charlemange and God end up seeing your nation sink faster than Ys.

Its gonna happen. "Is that a 13th century bastard sword? Well you're gonna have to give it up, we can't risk it being used to kill elites trying to turn you into pod dwelling bug eating slaves innocent people!" (gets shot by the military)

 

[Peanut Butter in Peril]

It's a shame the guns are just going to be destroyed, why not just sell them off to foreign collectors or something?

 

[Safir]

only retards will seriously sit here and think: "You know what will curb poaching and illegal animal trades? Desecrating the already dead animals even further so nobody can enjoy them! Fuck you if you think otherwise! It's totally not being a wasteful piece of shit!"

inb4 asking for it:

The ivory ban has a tiny amount of sanity in it. If all ivory is illegal, then you can't show it off and say you used the one weird trick to buy it legally. Ivory is relatively cheap, it's not the Epsteins of the world who create most of the demand. If you can't invite the in-laws to your house, because what if their teenage daughter is secretly an ecoterrorist troon and snitches on you -- people will choose to not buy it anymore. Will it save the elephants? lmao no. The supposed demand reduction is negligible next to the fluctuations of the price of ivory (driven up by market bans - and high prices encourage poaching). Even worse, they took existing ivory off the market, and that created a shortage that would be otherwise covered by private trades.

BUT if it was a conspicuous consumable, it could've worked. Like, say, fur bans work, and now fur animals die of habitat mismanagement, poisonous microplastics, and covid cullings. Or the way smoking is socially discouraged, and people die to meth and reefer madness.

(But for real, there's probably a historical example that worked well enough that everyone forgot.)

Now the French gun ban is completely indefensible. Antique guns aren't fungible. I can't point at a Milan I bought from Cuckraine for $2000 and say, "c'est l'arquebus de mon arrière grand-père, le fought in le grand war".

It's sad, really. I like France, I love their language autism, I named my bike Geneviève. Le sigh.

 

[Mr. Bung]

No, everyone who is gullible enough to hand over their heirloom firearms are never going to see those heirlooms ever again. They will be destroyed, melted down for metal, who fucking knows, but none of them are going to ever see a museum despite the history some may have attached to them.

This is reminding me too of that time the city of L.A. decided that ivory (in general) was unlawful, so anyone who ever owned ivory was essentially being forced to let the powers that be come in, collect all the ivory art and other pieces that they could find, only to make it a big event where everyone could watch priceless heirlooms like that be destroyed for the sake of "being an environmentalist". Yes, this included museums and fine art collectors being forced to hand over ivory. Naturally, people like this and even some regular citizens were pretty upset about this whole topic and situation, because only retards will seriously sit here and think: "You know what will curb poaching and illegal animal trades? Desecrating the already dead animals even further so nobody can enjoy them! Fuck you if you think otherwise! It's totally not being a wasteful piece of shit!"

Again, wouldn't be shocked if the French government essentially does the same thing, only instead of ivory, it's vintage guns.

Well, I guess L. A. won't be enjoying such nice things then.

In most areas of the country elephant ivory is legal to possess, buy, and sell as long as it can be proven it's older than a certain date, which I think was sometime in the 1970's. As for elephant poaching today, there isn't any demand for ivory in the U.S. at all beyond the vintage and antique stuff. China is almost 100% accountable for all the illegal fresh ivory still putting elephants at danger. So yeah, let's just punish and deny the western world for the shit China is doing, like we do with carbon emissions.

 

[Snekposter]

Imagine being such a fool you would surrender your ability to defend yourself too the STATE.

Well, these are French. Surrendering is in their nature.

Well, I guess L. A. won't be enjoying such nice things then.

In most areas of the country elephant ivory is legal to possess, buy, and sell as long as it can be proven it's older than a certain date, which I think was sometime in the 1970's. As for elephant poaching today, there isn't any demand for ivory in the U.S. at all beyond the vintage and antique stuff. China is almost 100% accountable for all the illegal fresh ivory still putting elephants at danger. So yeah, let's just punish and deny the western world for the shit China is doing, like we do with carbon emissions.

Its a shame too because elephant herds have actually made a comeback in a lot of African nations thanks to legalized and organized ivory hunts and harvests. I'd love to be able to get my hands on some of that legally-hunted and environmentally beneficial ivory.

 

[Zero Day Defense]

Imagine being such a fool you would surrender your ability to defend yourself too the STATE.

Hey, if this ends up biting them, they can just storm the Bastill-- er...

..."Nexter Systems"?