Originally Posted by
super_hunt54
Uhhhh, Cal, I don't think there are many, if any, places in Europe that allow suppressed firearms in civilian hands. Civilians in Italy have a hard enough time getting the licenses just to get a dang rifle. All kinds of hoops to go through for hunting rifles. And they only allow you to have 8 if I remember correctly. Lawdy I'd wither up and die if I could only have 8 rifles!
In the Nordic countries you can buy a suppressor over the counter, no fuss, no special tax stamps, just cash.
But they do have all kinds of weird rules, some know nothing bureaucrat decides what is pertinent and what isn't. Used to be in Italy, as long as the shotgun had a full stock you could have any barrel length you wanted.
Here pump shotguns are forbidden, but auto loaders are OK. Some bureaucrat watches a film where a guy pumps the shotgun, the house explodes and gets some nonsense law passed.
Some countries forbid any rifle in a military caliber, the Czech Republic for one. I had a guy try and sell me a Kalashnikov in a restaurant in the Czech Republic. I guess it is one of those laws everybody ignores.
In Switzerland there was no ban on automatic weapons, but they are limiting that, used to be the same in Austria.
Sorry I went off topic.