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Germany has seen a huge rise in the number of applications for firearms licenses in a phenomenon which is being blamed on insecurity over the country's migrant crisis.
Following the release of figures showing there had been a nine per cent increase in gun license applications in 2018, leading politicians expressed concern at the increased potential for deadly shootings.
As of December 31, 2018, some 610,937 citizens had been issued licenses, equating to a jump of 53,377 gun permits over the past year.
So mostly non-lethal and the police union chairman is still all twisted out of shape.'Such weapons give a false sense of security as well as an increased willingness for self-defense. But both those facts could lead to an escalation of the current situation, eventually turning gun owners into criminals,' Police Union (GdP) Chairman Oliver Malchow, said.
However, the majority of the permits applied for by Germans are in the 'basic' category, meaning small, nonlethal guns.
Most commonly these are rubber bullet-firing gas pistols and flare guns.
Germany's basic weapons license requires an applicant to be of adult age as well as being personally and psychologically fit. Lethal weapons are not readily available in Germany.