This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Keep Deactivated Weapons Legal by changing the Proposed EU Directive on Guns
The European Union , in responce to the Paris terror attacks , are proposing to amend the EU Firearms Directive to ban certain semi-automatic firearms, "which will not, under any circumstance, be allowed to be held by private persons, even if they have been permanently deactivated ".
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Terrorists and criminals easily source and use working guns Thousands of law abiding people own "deacts " without any problems The proposal would seriously impact collectors, re-enactors hobbyists and museums . It would also deprive thousands of honest citizens of their property without compensation as once passed no transfer of ownership can legally be made rendering currently valuable property worthless
http://clapham-man.blogspot.com/2016/02/save-our-deactivated-firearms.html
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