70-Year old man kept hundreds of weapons in his home. - Polidicks

To be fair, there are serious safety risks involved with all of that (he may have been breaching Sweden's flammable and explosive item laws), but also, the way the article says it: "Closer inspection showed that the homeowner had actually had licences for 557 [B]of the[/B] weapons." How many weapons did he not have licenses for?

[QUOTE=Tureis;43807557]And there the thread ends. [/QUOTE] I'm afraid I must concur [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7X2_V60YK8[/media]

So what did he do wrong? Did he have weapons that he did not possess a license for? If so, is that why the licensed weapons are being taken away as well?

Two 50 year old people in my neighborhood were caught trafficking like 40 pounds of marijuana. When the police searched their house they found a gun wall hidden behind the TV in the living room that opened by the command of a remote and contained 10 assault rifles; 3 SMGS; 2 pistols; and one dirty harry .44 magnum. Story reminded me of this

Havent read the source but any reason as to why he's having them taken off them? surely if he has a permit they can't take them without good reason?

One day I hope to have a comparable collection, though most of mine will likely be wartime guns.

[QUOTE=Source;43809852]Havent read the source but any reason as to why he's having them taken off them? surely if he has a permit they can't take them without good reason?[/QUOTE] [quote]Fearing an explosion, officers cordoned off the house and called in a bomb squad and the military for help. Closer inspection showed that the homeowner had actually had licences for 557[B] of the[/B] weapons, but questions have been raised as to whether such an extensive collection is nevertheless in breach of Sweden's weapon laws. The man is also suspected of breaching Sweden's flammable and explosive item laws. .... Most of the weapons are from the 60s and 70s, but some are from as early as the 1600s. But the chief problem has been the military weapons, details about which police refuse to elaborate on, as their presence initially raised fears of an explosion. [/quote]

Why not just let the old bastard keep em? He's so damn old I doubt he's going to be robbing any banks anyway. He's more likely to break his damn hip on the way in to a bank than rob it.

Relevant: [video=youtube;VsLbx8nnxyI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsLbx8nnxyI[/video] a little something from home.

The only free man in the country. [editline]6th February 2014[/editline] Atleast, was free.

You can own and operate a gun made prior to 1890 without he need for a license nor a proper storage area, as long as it is not loaded by a shell casing, i.e. muskets are completely legal for anyone to own and fire. Prior to the 1980s or 90s, gun licenses were issued for life, while they are now on a fixed period of time, 4 or 5 years I believe, which might also have helped explain how he managed to amass such an collection. As for the army grade stuff, I would be highly surprised if they are live, I actually have quite an collection myself of various army related weapons that have been deactivated or are training rounds etc, though they have been sold pretty openly at militaria fairs, so I will be surprised if they turn out to be deactivated, and that they still get taken.

Imagine if he could open a museum to show them all and call it "The Gunseum".

[QUOTE=Ogopogo;43809653]To be fair, there are serious safety risks involved with all of that (he may have been breaching Sweden's flammable and explosive item laws), but also, the way the article says it: "Closer inspection showed that the homeowner had actually had licences for 557 [B]of the[/B] weapons." How many weapons did he not have licenses for?[/QUOTE] They don't know because they're still in the process of counting all the firearms, which they say will take weeks because of some bs about safety. As if this 70 year old has his entire home booby-trapped.

There's a possibility most of the "military" weapons are licensed. In Norway, several battle rifles like the G3 were registered as "repeating rifle, 7.62". :v: This went on until some time in the last ten years, as a letter was sent to every police station, ordering to deny any applications without weapon name included. (They literally needed a letter to understand this.)