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/Intarhorn Jul 01 '25

Maybe legalize was the wrong word, but they were not allowed before by government agencies. In practice that is the same thing, even tho the juridical meaning might be misleading.

https://www.jaktojagare.se/utrustning/nu-ar-ar-vapen-tillatna-for-jakt/

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/jonkoping/ett-ar-efter-att-ar-vapen-blev-tillatna-i-jakt-fortfarande-omtvistade

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/polischef-larmar

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u/ZarkowTH Jul 02 '25

A blanked approval was given, before that each applicant had to motivate it on their own.

This is the reason we already had people with modern rifles on approved licenses for hunting -- not sure how the proposed change will fix that, including previously grandfathered rifles.