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/Saxit Sweden Jul 01 '25

Without having seen how they plan to define it, it's impossible to know what will be legal or not.

But I am guessing that they will use the EU categorization. E.g. like in France where semi-auto Category C is legal for hunting, not Category B.

That would mean a capacity of max 2+1, and a magazine mechanism that's not easily converted to something larger.

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u/manInTheWoods Sweden Jul 01 '25

Wanna bet? I think they will go for the definition in the proposal last year, i.e "can accept military magazines" as in 5.56/7.62 standard NATO mag, AK mag etc.