More German "Gun Control"

146 Waffen, davon 67 Kriegswaffen, sind ihr seit dem Jahr 2000 abhanden gekommen. [More]

From "Hamburger," who provided the information used in yesterday's Gun Rights Examiner column:

A member of the FDP "liberal party" asked the government, how many weapons the German federal institutions (army, federal police, etc) are losing every year. The result is: The German federal government lost 146 firearms since the year 2000, 67 of them being full auto assault weapons. This does not include firearms that were lost by the majority of the police forces which are under regional/local just like in the U.S.

The exact same government wants to tighten gun laws on private gun owners, who are already securing their guns with gun vaults.

Note: The German liberal party is not "liberal" like the American Democrats. It is not a leftist party. This party is the only German party that opposes stricter gun laws.

Here is the Google translation of the linked document--certainly not precise, but you'll catch the drift.

BERLIN. The weapons for competent legal expert of the inner FDPBundestagsfraktion Hartfrid Wolff has a parliamentary question the federal government lost weapons addressed. To Response of the federal government declared Hartfrid WOLFF:

The same government that the arms will tighten right to arms from Private property is not in wrong hands to let himself significant problems with the safe storage of their own weapons the security organs of the federal government. 146 weapons, including 67 military weapons, are her since 2000, lost. The approximate ranges to equip an entire company. In this figure are not yet Weapons from the inventory of the country's police forces and authorities contained.

Obviously, not the rules for dealing with weapons is a problem, but - especially for the security organs of the Federal Republic -- the enforcement thereof. This shows the absurdity of the approach of Federal Government, the right weapons to tighten before an approach to Compliance with existing rules has been developed.

I have to tell you, one of the most rewarding things about communicating with people on the gun issue is finding people from around the world who get it. It really does give me hope.