Weapons Found Among Right-Wing Extremists: Greens Call for Systematic Recording

Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) should use the planned tightening of gun laws "to finally introduce comprehensive documentation," demands the Green security spokesperson Agnes Sirkka Prammer in a statement to the APA: "Anything else would be negligent."

From the perspective of the Greens, it is "alarming" that due to the lack of a legal basis, no statistics are kept on such weapon finds, as revealed in a response to a parliamentary inquiry from the Ministry of the Interior in May. "The Interior Minister does not care how many legal and illegal weapons are actually in circulation in the right-wing extremist environment," criticizes Prammer.

"Right-Wing Extremist Scene Has Been Arming for Years"

The right-wing extremist scene has been quietly arming itself for years, and weapon finds show that the groups are dangerous, says right-wing extremism spokesperson Lukas Hammer: "Anyone who believes that grenades, pistols, or bayonets in the basements of neo-Nazis are merely collector's items misunderstands the real threat," he warns. The Greens therefore announce targeted parliamentary inquiries after each weapon find.

During the recent focus operation against the right-wing extremist scene last Tuesday, the police secured partially functional weapons, ammunition, data carriers, and propaganda material in 25 house searches across five federal states - including at the well-known neo-Nazi Gottfried Küssel.

(APA/Red)

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