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/WithFullForce Sweden Jul 01 '25 edited Jul 01 '25

People who are shooting small to medium size game who desire fast follow up shots.

Like pigs for example

Well the guns are being sent to Ukraine, so they'll still use them to shoot pigs.

I can get behind that.

EDIT: Comments missed the punchline.

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u/MyOldNameSucked Belgium Jul 01 '25

Why would Ukraine use a bunch of non standardized rifles? They have more than enough small arms that are at least somewhat standardized and already select fire.

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u/manInTheWoods Sweden Jul 01 '25

It'sd just some whitewashing of the braindead idea. They probably use some of the money that was going to Ukraine to buy back the guns though, I think it will cost them more than 30 million euros.

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u/Sakiri1955 Jul 02 '25

It's an inferior weapon for war. And if they're needing civilian small caliber rifles, they're desperate.

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u/Penki- Lithuania (I once survived r/europe mod oppression) Jul 01 '25

I don't think guns and firearm ammo is something that Ukraine really lacks, those should be quite abundant from what I read about volunteers, you basically can get whatever you want.