04 Mar 2019
Gun Control In Portugal Serves As A Beacon Of Warning For Gun Owners In America
BY Herschel Smith
ZBROJNICE.com:
Portugal has the most restrictive gun laws in all of Europe, apart from the UK. But in several aspects, Portuguese weapons law is more severe and extremely perverse because it has a lot of dubious subjective prohibitions. Therefore, our law is – by far – the worst I know in any democratic country. I believe it violates Constitutional Rights and the basic structure of our legal system that is constructed around the principles of the Portuguese Republic Constitution.
The Portuguese legal regime regarding weapons had a radical change in 2006. Before that, the law was based on a 1949 enactment. This underwent some minor changes in 1975 and later more significant changes in 1997, 1998 and 2001. Although quite old, it was a well constructed legal regime in terms of objectivity, technical definitions, and very well balanced when it comes to rights vs. prohibitions.
http://www.captainsjournal.com/2019/03/04/gun-control-in-portugal-serves-as-a-beacon-of-warning-for-gun-owners-in-america/
