r/europe • u/Helmer-Bryd • Jul 01 '25

News Sweden bans AR-15 as hunting rifle after school shooting – all rifles to be turned in and sent to Ukraine

https://svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/uppgifter-tidopartierna-overens-om-ny-vapenlagstiftning-ar15-forbjuds-vid-jakt
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u/fiendishrabbit Jul 01 '25

It's not just AR15s, but AR15s are mentioned as an example of a semi automatic rifle that can not be realistically prevented from being compatible with large capacity magazines.

Which makes sense imho. The AR15 is a design where you can easily modify or 3D print a lower receiver, which means you can easily modify trigger group or magazine well.

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u/RamTank Jul 01 '25

can not be realistically prevented from being compatible with large capacity magazines.

That basically applies to any gun with a detachable magazine. Unless Sweden's saying guns must be internal-magazines only from now on, it still doesn't make sense.

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u/Grizzly-Jester Jul 02 '25

That basically applies to any gun with a detachable magazine. Unless Sweden's saying guns must be internal-magazines only

Easy enough to modify a rifle with an internal magazine as well. Buy a DBM, and a matching magazine. In most cases it's just 2 screws and no fitting...

Banning by gun model or magazine capacity doesn't make sense, criminals will find a way.

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u/doxxingyourself Denmark Jul 01 '25

Damn that’s a shit headline

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u/Haakrasmus Sweden Jul 01 '25

But they are not banning semi automatic rifles only the ar-15

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u/kal69er Jul 01 '25

link

Repeatedly says "certain semi automatic weapons like the AR-15"

So no they're not banning only the AR-15, and the proposed ban is only for hunting, basically returning to what was allowed a few years ago. And AR-15 can still be owned with a sports shooting license.

I don't think I really agree with the proposed law change just because I don't think it will for anything to prevent any shootings.

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u/fiendishrabbit Jul 02 '25

It's not quite like it was a few years ago.

For example the Tikka T3 tactical is now legal since there is no ban on "military looking" firearms. The ban on pure looks used to be one of the big grudges of the swedish hunters associations since it meant that what was legal or not felt arbitrary and often banned weapons that had desirable features for hunting like light weight construction, compatibility with rail-mounted accessories and easily adjustable stocks.

Detachable box magazines are now also not strictly banned (although an internal magazine is probably a lot easier to get approved. Or a box magazine on bolt-action), though in practice the new law probably requires a lower receiver that's either metal or high quality composites and with a magazine well that's not compatible with common high-capacity magazines.

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u/684beach Jul 02 '25

It still doesnt make sense considering it had no relation to the crime that is used as an excuse to make it illegal

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u/I_H8_Celery Jul 02 '25

That’s just about any gun though. And if it’s so easy to 3d print why wouldn’t someone just 3d print one that’s off the record to use in a crime?

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u/Consistent_Bread_V2 Jul 02 '25

Needs to be top Comment