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Interior Minister Mikael Damberg (S) is back with a new proposal on how the EU Arms Directive should be implemented in Swedish law. Stock Photography.
The government is putting forward a new proposal, a legal advice recommendation, on how the EU Arms Directive should be incorporated into Swedish law. After several setbacks over permitting requirements for gun loaders, the government is taking a few steps back.
– The Police and the Prosecutor’s Office wanted a broader definition of magazine, but there was no support for it in the Riksdag, says Interior Minister Mikael Damberg (S).
In April, the Riksdag rejected Damberg’s bill to regulate all detachable gun magazines. This despite the fact that Damberg had requested the help of the Police Authority to assert that a change in the average of the law would make it easier for the police to seize loose chargers. It would provide sharper tools in the work against crime, were the arguments.
Did you go too far?
A majority in the Riksdag felt that the government went too far and only cared about hunters and snipers. Nor would it increase the opportunities for the police to fight crime, it was claimed.
– The government and I have not changed our mind, says Damberg, but adds that it is now urgent for Sweden to adapt the Swedish rules to the changes made in the EU Arms Directive 2017.
The government has already received a warning from the EU Commission and the fines threaten if Swedish rules are not quickly adapted to the directive, according to the interior minister.
The revised Arms Directive was accelerated after the terrorist attacks in Paris in 2015, and would make it more difficult for criminals and terrorists to overcome and handle weapons.
Reliefs for silencers
Damberg says the referral for legal advice that the government now decides closely follows the directive and the writings in it, a model that Denmark and Finland have chosen. It also accommodates objections the opposition in the Riksdag had to previous attempts.
The government is also clinging to a proposal that relaxes the rules for permits for silencers.
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