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>>52704273
The highlights of the 1938 German Weapons Law (which in its entirety fills 12 pages of the Reichsgesetzblatt with legalese), especially as it applied to ordinary citizens rather than manufacturers or dealers, follow:

> Handguns may be sold or purchased only on submission of a Weapons Acquisition Permit (Waffenerwerbschein), which must be used within one year from the date of issue. Muzzle-loading handguns are exempted from the permit requirement.

> Holders of a permit to carry weapons (Waffenschein) or of a hunting license do not need a Weapons Acquisition Permit in order to acquire a handgun.

> A hunting license authorizes its bearer to carry hunting weapons and handguns.

> Firearms and ammunition, as well as swords and knives, may not be sold to minors under the age of 18 years.

> Whoever carries a firearm outside of his dwelling, his place of employment, his place of business, or his fenced property must have on his person a Weapons Permit (Waffenschein). A permit is not required, however, for carrying a firearm for use at a police-approved shooting range.

> A permit to acquire a handgun or to carry firearms may only be issued to persons whose trustworthiness is not in question and who can show a need for a permit. In particular, a permit may not be issued to:

> 1. persons under the age of 18 years;
> 2. legally incompetent or mentally retarded persons;
> 3. Gypsies or vagabonds;
> 4. persons under mandatory police supervision (i.e., on parole) or otherwise temporarily without civil rights;
> 5. persons convicted of treason or high treason or known to be engaged in activities hostile to the state;
> 6. persons who for assault, trespass, a breach of the peace, resistance to authority, a criminal offense or misdemeanor, or a hunting or fishing violation, were legally sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than two weeks, if three years have not passed since the term of imprisonment.

>>52522521
The Nationalsocialist government of Germany did not fear its citizens. Adolf Hitler was the most popular leader Germany has ever had.

The spirit of Nationalsocialism was one of manliness, and individual self-defense and self-reliance were central to the Nationalsocialist view of the way a citizen should behave. The notion of banning firearms ownership was alien to Nationalsocialism.

Gun registration and licensing (for long guns as well as for handguns) were legislated by an anti-Nationalsocialist government in Germany five years before the Nationalsocialists gained power. Five years after they gained power they got around to rewriting the gun law enacted by their predecessors, substantially ameliorating it in the process (for example, long guns were exempted from the requirement for a purchase permit; the legal age for gun ownership was lowered from 20 to 18 years; and the period of validity of a permit to carry weapons was extended from one to three years). They may be criticized for leaving certain restrictions and licensing requirements in the law, but they had no intention of preventing law-abiding Germans from keeping or bearing arms.

>>49533585

The highlights of the 1938 German Weapons Law (which in its entirety fills 12 pages of the Reichsgesetzblatt with legalese), especially as it applied to ordinary citizens rather than manufacturers or dealers, follow:

> Handguns may be sold or purchased only on submission of a Weapons Acquisition Permit (Waffenerwerbschein), which must be used within one year from the date of issue. Muzzle-loading handguns are exempted from the permit requirement.

> Holders of a permit to carry weapons (Waffenschein) or of a hunting license do not need a Weapons Acquisition Permit in order to acquire a handgun.

> A hunting license authorizes its bearer to carry hunting weapons and handguns.

> Firearms and ammunition, as well as swords and knives, may not be sold to minors under the age of 18 years.

> Whoever carries a firearm outside of his dwelling, his place of employment, his place of business, or his fenced property must have on his person a Weapons Permit (Waffenschein). A permit is not required, however, for carrying a firearm for use at a police-approved shooting range.

> A permit to acquire a handgun or to carry firearms may only be issued to persons whose trustworthiness is not in question and who can show a need for a permit. In particular, a permit may not be issued to:

> 1. persons under the age of 18 years;
> 2. legally incompetent or mentally retarded persons;
> 3. Gypsies or vagabonds;
> 4. persons under mandatory police supervision (i.e., on parole) or otherwise temporarily without civil rights;
> 5. persons convicted of treason or high treason or known to be engaged in activities hostile to the state;
> 6. persons who for assault, trespass, a breach of the peace, resistance to authority, a criminal offense or misdemeanor, or a hunting or fishing violation, were legally sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than two weeks, if three years have not passed since the term of imprisonment.