https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/3/24/coronavirus-trigger...
“ “We are selling five times as much as in a normal March,” said Gabor Vass, who runs three gun shops in the Hungarian capital, including the one where Rostas bought his gas pistol.”
“ “We are selling five times as much as in a normal March,” said Gabor Vass, who runs three gun shops in the Hungarian capital, including the one where Rostas bought his gas pistol.”
In 2019 the rate of gun deaths per 100000 people in Hungary was 0.61 and in the USA it was 3.96
There are things I worry about but mass shootings like those that happen in the US on a regular basis are not one of them. Violent crime in general is very low here.
1) Even 5x as normal is probably what your average Walmart sells in a day? (I'm paraphrasing, no idea how many guns walmarts actually sell)
2) I don't know about Hungarian gun laws, but I imagine you can't just go in and buy a guy without a permit? Also, are handguns permitted? Gas pistol implies like a CO2 powered air gun?
Yes, you need a permit, though illegal gun ownership is somewhat of an issue. Getting a permit isn't easy, from what I hear.
> Also, are handguns permitted?
Yes.
> Gas pistol implies like a CO2 powered air gun?
No, they're guns that shoot tear gas and the like, and can often also be used for launching small pyrotechnics. The barrel is usually obstructed to make sure they can't be used to shoot projectiles. Theoretically, they could be manipulated to fire projectiles, but it's complicated, difficult, illegal, and probably easier and cheaper to just buy the real thing.
>Gun dealers in Hungary's capital can sell gas pistols, like this Ekol Firat Magnum, to people without a weapons licence
Oh, the horror...