Technically, yes, but merely for hunting (sporting) purposes. Also, it's heavily regulated etc.
I do admit to this: there's a good deal to understand and support about 2nd amendment rights (in US parlance), I daresay, as far as I see this today (and I readily admit that my stance on this is also, as the US parlance would have it, "evolving" in recent years).
As I recall (I admit I’m no constitutionalist), the founders wrote the 2nd Amendment to protect the 1st Amendment and to protect the people from the tyranny we see happening today.
(Even if you would be a "constitutionalist", that would be a valid opinion.)
I'm not American, but I understand the 2nd Amendment as a means of preventing tyranny by making "those whom we elect to govern us" afraid enough to care about "we the people".
Thus to the tyrants, always, shall be our rallying cry.
Are Austrians allowed to own firearms?
Technically, yes, but merely for hunting (sporting) purposes. Also, it's heavily regulated etc.
I do admit to this: there's a good deal to understand and support about 2nd amendment rights (in US parlance), I daresay, as far as I see this today (and I readily admit that my stance on this is also, as the US parlance would have it, "evolving" in recent years).
As I recall (I admit I’m no constitutionalist), the founders wrote the 2nd Amendment to protect the 1st Amendment and to protect the people from the tyranny we see happening today.
(Even if you would be a "constitutionalist", that would be a valid opinion.)
I'm not American, but I understand the 2nd Amendment as a means of preventing tyranny by making "those whom we elect to govern us" afraid enough to care about "we the people".
Thus to the tyrants, always, shall be our rallying cry.
Come on, rules are for little people, not for important government officials!