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When Muskets Are Outlawed Only Outlaws .... Gun Phobia Runs Wild
2005-10-01
In WOT Politix because the attitudes behind this stupidity directly related to Germany's ambivalence about any effective counter to Islamofascism.

The family of troubled Prince Ernst August of Hanover may face illegal gun possession charges after police discovered that 37 items in the family collection of muskets, pistols and rifles were still in working order.

Prosecutor Thomas Klinge said Friday police scientists were still checking the weapons, which are listed in an online Sotheby's catalogue for an 11-day antique auction starting next week at the prince's fairytale Marienburg castle south of Hanover in Germany. Public viewing of 20,000 items including cannons and suits of armour being sold off by the Royal House of Hanover began Friday.

The vendors are two sons of Prince Ernst August, who is married to Princess Caroline of Monaco and who was given a suspended jail sentence by a German court last year for assault. He is descended from the Hanoverian kings of Britain.

The prosecutor said it was illegal to own unregistered guns, even antique ones. Police seized the weapons Tuesday and were investigating who owned them, whether they were covered by any permit and whether they were dangerous.
His Royal Highness my great-great-great-great-great etc. grandfather didn't register the muskets and cannons? What a scandal!!!
Posted by:lotp

#4  It's about money. Follow the money. The weapons are valuable. Find out were they are going. I bet into some politicians colection. This happens very often. Even here in the US.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2005-10-01 15:34  

#3  Obviously German cops don't have much to do.
Posted by: DoDo   2005-10-01 14:51  

#2  There was a time when the Prince of Hanover would have had them all beheaded. If they had any skill left, the least they should do is hire someone to create such a distraction that all is forgotten.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2005-10-01 13:43  

#1  Police seized the weapons Tuesday and were investigating who owned them, whether they were covered by any permit and whether they were dangerous.

I fail to see the point of mentioning those last two conditions, unless the prosecutor is leaving himself an out after going after some blueblood.
Posted by: Raj   2005-10-01 09:57  

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