well. you can be trained to handle a weapon i couldn't imagine using a real gun in an emergency. so if you are going to see any of that he said. i and most people in germany today find carrying a gun unthinkable but what was it like before when there were no gun laws. today i'm on my way to school to find out the only museum in europe for handguns. guns have been manufactured here in the thuringian forest since the middle ages in the museum you can see many firearms made by local gunsmiths its real craftsmanship then industrialization made guns more affordable and they could be found in almost every household. journalist and gun expert lars because dog knows all about

germany's relationship with these weapons. one of us what was the most common got some people took part at revolvers with them on long journeys almost every village at a police sentry but seeing a police patrol on the road as we do today was very uncommon it's. ok it's smells like iron and rust cost but what else did you have with you this is a classic gun and have to park a revolver a cyclist's. some of them can be bought a success or bicycle shops and the others were sold together with my circles who would have shot that's what they're supposed to choose dogs away they didn't take kindly to the newly developed bicycle of this sort of revolver was part of your cycle kit at the time things like pumps are repaired tools are today. it was a very different times like. but after the world war defeats and the peace movement

of the 1980 his guns largely disappeared from our everyday lives peaceful germany i was imagined it to be so but is that still true. the message that it's the number suggests there's a revival of god it's like the blanks and hunting licenses where's that come from china why qantas doesn't has it has the interest is increased because people feel they need the extra security events are exploited by the media like new year's eve in cologne they've also contributed to this. that's the legal side what's the situation on the illegal side is that growing to so on a pistol on a boat at b.p. to push off this is our water p.p. a typical police pistol from the last war tens of thousands of these have been traded on the black markets and prizes a risen. so i could buy one relatively easily from the black market sure. legal guns have only been registered nationally since 2013 there are 6000000

registered in germany and experts think there are least 10000000 illegal guns left unregistered some even say up to 30000000. how easy is it for me to get a firearm in germany. i have an appointment with helmet i don't mean. to carry wandering about. out of it hello mr adam a i'm here to have a little look around. british. helmet is a 6th generation gunsmith in his workshop he mainly makes high precision hunting weapons he makes all the barrels breeches and chambers here. fine rifling all grooves inside the battle stabilize the trajectory of the bullets. helmets exclusive craftsmanship is sold all over the world some of his weapons cost

as much as $19000.00 euros. to do it go ahead take it. yes it's not loaded. heavy how long to make one like this tradition between one and 4 years it always depends on the finish this 100 so you're now. then as in that explains the price. so under what conditions could i buy a gun do i need the tallest. of up to buy a gun for me you'd need a hunting license and then you could even buy long guns anything your heart desires to get ok it's not a hunter or a shooter and i don't have a hunting license i only have an id card could i get 20 just off to do if you're over 18 and i assume you are. you could buy an air rifle up to 7.5 jewels you can buy a blank or a gas can i just make sure swofford across well ok can i see today sure over here

we've got some blank firing guns. because it also looks pretty real to me. walter payne 229 millimeter caliber p.a. . let me see that there you go. it's heavy isn't it actually feels like a real gun but. this is a gun this is not it's a gun isn't it looks like a gun too so maybe it's doing its job to scare someone. ok my wife won't even let me touch the kitchen knives or. put this in here yet that's the way they always do it we need. to know. but back when you're unloading always. it's loaded. you're going to laugh but my hands are actually a bit sweaty. this is really the 1st time i've had

a thing like this in my hands tied yeah and i try to out actually firing on them and compare we can do that ok going to be doing your come around the corner with me and put on your ear protectors or place it in good health so it'll be loud back i'll take the magazine and load it to my cartridges. and those the other way around. i think we're going to need you know put the magazine in the gun. just always keep the barrel down. load start the carriage back and forth once she's going to shoot. up the safety zone. shall i reload it so that i'm ok with over time you already know it you know shoot. good heavens. it's

bound to you it's going to still to win there. you know. if you're going to shoot again 6. this really is something else. this thing is so loud and although i know it's firing blanks honestly i have a lot of respect for it despite that. fact. i can carry my pistol with me unless the safety catches on to carry small arms within reach you need a small gun license which is becoming more and more popular the number of small license holders has more than doubled since 2013 with a huge increase since 2015. so now i've got my blanket neatly packed so i can carry it with me but just to remind you anyone over 18 can buy something like this. but anyone who buys a gun illegally isn't interested in the law.

in germany a one year weapons amnesty ended in mid 2018 illegal guns could be handed over to the police with impunity here at the bomb disposal center in boston but there they are collected and destroyed. with and this is a machine gun and in for most every machine gun. you can tell that from the sound when it's fired but this is our comes out once we've put it through the incinerator . tell what it was. the guns are burned to separate the words and other materials from the steal anything left ends up in the smelter. was. legal guns were also surrender during the amnesty in germany they're only allowed with a firearms ownership license and have them on you within reach you need a license to carry. most guns in germany are owned by hunters

417. 1000 hunters are listed in the gun register there are also 376000 recreational shooters and 97000 people who inherited guns but who's prepared to hand them in. there's the classic case of a deceased grandfather who was a hunter or a sports shooter and now the weapons legally. of course they're also illegal weapons and decorative weapons that people hang over the fireplace or something. but i would say there's been a considerable process of rethinking since they've been in school shooting. people said actually we want guns out of the house after all. these are things that people can be shot dead with. here in boston back alone the amnesty brought in about 14000 guns more than 5000 of them unregistered more than most guns now get melted

down not all of them go straight to the incinerator. somersaulted and sent to the criminal police in stuttgart focus from the firearms recalled service has hundreds of pistols revolvers and rifles that gun seized journal wide range of investigations. he uses them to reconstruct the chronology of events. and they were either illegal property or murder weapons ok. there's a lot here. the guns 1st go to the evidence room next door that's just i mean that's one of the weapons that was handed in during the amnesty. now we have to fire it. ok because he may have been used in a crime that correct. so this is our firing room ok

you're right over the water tank. i think that's right given the water ensures that the markings left on the bullet by the barrel are not changed. today we're shooting a water p.p. k. and i suspect it will be loud. that what. we're going to fire 3 shots. the bullet shoots half a meter through the water and is collected from the bottom of the tank.

now you can see the markings of the surface of the barrel. if you look at this under a microscope you can often see fine structures that come from the barrel and by comparing them with other projectiles you can often identify them. and died 25 the gun use that sensational. the federal criminal police send them to us and we compare them with our store of munitions used in criminal cases. so i brought myself a gun that doesn't need it's a blank is it really harmless you can try it. this watermelon will make a great test subject. here protectors are. ok .

this is indicative when you see how deep the shot is despite the melon being relatively hard. i wouldn't want to blank out my head. off it. shots are still dangerous you should mess around with only. ok kind they're definitely not toys. so owning a gun is a big responsibility who's actually suitable. dietmar is professor of forensic psychology and braman and a police profiler he thinks he knows how people work especially those who are interested in guns. i'm a teacher you see a lot of people showing interest very different people as a fascination but how can you tell if someone would be responsible for that sort of

a form you can't of course you have to do appropriate research would you come in here you can see that certain people groups of people are attracted to weapons knives pistols revolvers that they're fascinated but the reasons can be very different. that's what you have to find out. who. has co-develop to suitability test for this purpose young gun buyers have to take it as do adult gun owners who have stood out for some reason. contact us contact with firearms before. but. mentally ask about knives 1st about them and also to attack your own pocket knives yes my pocket knife was a knife as i brought one so you have got one with you. because. i always carry it in my. case i. why do you need

a pocket knife. to slice cheese off at a picnic picnic you slice cheese him public every day so there's a bottle opener in a multi-tool to. this is a dangerous object and and it deadly weapon that you're carrying around with you see the driver think about that if it is i wouldn't use it against people of course at all likely against salami or cheese. are you aware of the law in florida you're allowed to carry a knife under one not honestly. under see impression i get it tell me if any of these sentences apply to you when i'm angry i don't miss my words yes. i've done a lot of things wrong in my life. i sometimes feel like others are laughing at me i hope others laugh at me it's even if someone is unusually kind to me i get suspicious. if i get yelled at or yelled back could happen here i was

tortured animals and everyone worms or anything you know me yes but you could just stomp on them. sometimes i imagine what a just punishment would be for those who treat me badly and. seriously considered suicide and i know. i never 9 now haven't but you know 3 gotta listen crisis ok one last question i sometimes spread rumors about people i don't like. when it wasn't easy was it i myself intends to take a little break and then i'll be sweating. we'll talk again after i've done an evaluation. of these out to 2 tests have been done on tens of thousands of people including criminals and gun owners with no criminal record for the evaluation these results are compared with my answer. yeah.

i've done your going away should. in terms of gun laws you would be absolutely heartless. absolutely. it's a once off we quite often hear people say that they feel a certain fascination with weapons or the technology behind a lot of the craftsmanship and so on but this doesn't mean that they want to be violent or use the weapon. you know those who have a more depressive paranoid saturday me against the world they all want something from me i don't fit into this world so. they become socially isolated withdrawn socially they represent the greatest threat in the flight not the people who are maybe fascinated by things like guns so i may even have a neurotic relationship with guns with which we would ask about it but they're not a source of great danger because of the us. having passed the test i now feel ready to finally shoot a real gun.