800.000 luftgeværer og luftpistoler ligger i dag hjemme i danskernes hjem - købt og brugt som legetøj for voksne og børn. Men fra 1. juni i år vil de fleste af våbnene være ulovlige, når en markant skærpelse af våbenloven træder i kraft. De nye regler betyder, at alle luftvåben med en kaliber på mindst 5,5 millimeter skal registreres hos politiet. Og hvis ejeren vil bruge våbenet, skal vedkommende tage jagttegn, være medlem af en skytteforening eller have en særlig tilladelse.
- Hvis hr. og fru Danmark har et 300 kroners luftgevær stående i sommerhuset, bliver de nødt til at bruge flere tusinde kroner på at få det godkendt, siger Bo Nielsen, talsmand for sammenslutningen Nordisk Våbenforum.
Jeg finder det her passende at citere fra Atlas Shrugged, passagen hvor Hank Rearden konfronteres med ulovligt at have solgt sit metal, i trods mod de utallige nye reguleringer, love og regler der konstant vedtages:
“Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “We want them broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against—then you’ll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We’re after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you’d better get wise to it. There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted—and you create a nation of lawbreakers—and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system, Mr. Rearden, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.”
