I wanted to take the old gun if my grandpa into Switzerland

So I was reading the laws around it

Switzerland has a list of nationalities that are not allowed to own guns

kek

@kontroll imagine the shit storm if Germany did this

quite weird list at that

I'm trying to figure out how this list was compiled

russian-related countries

quite simply

and or crime paradises (sri lanka)

Found it, that list exists since the Balkan wars

lel

No idea how Sri Lanka made it on there though

could it be that their "gun laws" are so outdated/bad

that its added there for good measure

afaik places like sri lanka god proper gun laws just "recently"

@porco Feels a bit weird letting foreigners own guns though, wouldn't you say?

and before that it was "everything is fine"

@kontroll why so ?

@kontroll only if you have a C Bewilligung, which means that you have been living in Switzerland for 6 years if you are EU citizen, or 11 years if you aren't

i mean.. think a guy from switzerland or finland or hell even UK (>guns >uk choose one)

@Tervy Feels like something that would be reserved for nationals, if anything.

nah many sane reasons to own gun tbh

hunting,competitions,sports, etc

C Bewilligung is the step before obtaining the nationality

and guns are usualy quite heavily taxed too

People who have C, usually obtain the nationality at some point

@porco Gotcha.

I will have C either next year or in two years, depends on how good I'll do in the interviews

Still... I'm not keen on people in general owning guns, so having ostensibly armed foreign nationals...

Eh.

I can see it being a somewhat reasonable thing in the C Bewilligung case.

Well you can buy the gun but you can't obtain ammunition

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You have to register every shot fired iirc

Yeah?

thats just ouright silly

I didn't read that far yet

With different arrangements for gun ranges then, presumably.

I will be able to tell you in some hours