"“The Dutch Presidency proposed to ban Category D and reproductions of antique firearms, currently not regulated at EU level, while obliging sport shooters to join recognized associations.""
That explains it. The Dutch used to be a major power of the seas and commerce.
Now they are afraid of their own shadow. The Dutch have already banned toy guns, even a wooden carving of a gun is "forbidden".
"The same restrictive approach is adopted against sport shooters with new constraints on the size of the magazines and introducing obligatory membership of a shooting organization and making it conditional to participation to sports competitions."
And they ignore the fact that all the EU criminals of mass shootings obtained their weapons illegally anyway!.
I know of a number of French and Spanish residents that report the locals are "arming up" with every italian C&B revolver they can get. The stores cannot keep them in stock. An Ex-Pat retired LEO in Spain got a pair of .44 Avenging Angels in France just for pocket carry and have them loaded up with 777. I predict that any jihadist waving a knife will be perforated with high velocity lead RB and set afire :-)
He reports that several countries (such as France) have over-the counter ML sales like in the USA . Ever since the "refugee" rapes and murders in the "host countries" they are getting tourists from all over the EU driving into France buying them...
I predict that the EU is going to fall apart. The major affluent countries are paying to keep the loser countries afloat, and it is a drain on them that's more than money. Taking down the borders meant that there is literally nothing to stop a flood of people from swarming, bringing primitive unacceptable "customs" with them, and the hard core terrorists are along for the ride, hiding out amongst them.
interesting times....
oh yah, and Rio needs emergency funding for the Olymipics, while all of Brazil in an economic depression ...
yhs
prof grumpy