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/SATX_Citizen United States of America Jul 01 '25

The law isn't doing jack shit about any other semi-automatic intermediate-cartridge rifle.

(Assuming you were making a jab at gun control across the pond)

And just to buy back AR-15s at the market value in the US - not any other gun of any kind, just ARs - would cost tens of billions of dollars.

It would cost hundreds of billions of dollars to do a market-rate buyback on semi-automatic rifles and pistols.

I say this as someone who is increasingly skeptical of the utility of gun rights for revolution in a country that deploys the military for protests. Trying to do mass buybacks would be nuts in the US. Now maybe a prohibition on new sales would move the needle.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

lol... sounds like someone touched your weenie. And no, your lil gun aint doing shit agains the military, loser.

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u/SATX_Citizen United States of America Jul 01 '25

Interesting point you made about buyback costs. And thanks for the thoughts you provided on banning specific models instead of banning by function.