Prolegal

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prolegal interest group for weapons possession eV
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founding November 28, 2009

place Bruchsal
Board David Schiller, Nico Catalano, Jan Henrik Schwerdt
Directory Reiner Assmann, Ernst Bader, Markus Bartram, Markus Maaske
Members 5,600
Website www.prolegal.de

Prolegal Interest Group for Arms Possession eV (short Prolegal , proper spelling : prolegal ) is an association that works mainly for the liberalization of the gun law in Germany . He is part of the weapons lobby .

Club profile and objectives

Prolegal was founded in November 2009. The association, which is independent of the association, represents nationwide the interests of private, legal gun owners such as shooters , hunters , gun collectors , but also paintball athletes and knife collectors in Germany. Prolegal is listed in the overview of comparable international organizations by the IAPCAR. Prolegal publishes monthly newsletters to inform the public and association members. The newsletters are available in printed and electronic form.

Club history

The association was founded on November 28, 2009; the constituent meeting with the election of the board took place on December 13, 2009. At the IWA 2010 arms fair in Nuremberg, Prolegal was accepted as a German representative in the “International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights” (IAPCAR).

“Area of ​​interest: Prolegal advocates efficient, generally understandable weapons law and promotes the public acceptance of weapons, be it as sporting weapons, hunting weapons or as collectibles. Prolegal is committed to preserving and continuing the traditions of hunting, shooting, gunsmithing and collecting. "

- Information from Prolegal in the public list on the registration of associations and their representatives, German Bundestag, as of July 16, 2010

According to its own information, the association is supported by over 40 companies from the arms industry.

controversy

On its own website, Prolegal claimed in 2012 that the Green politician Claudia Roth was carrying a gun in her handbag. Roth forced the association to take the report aside and described the actions of Prolegal as a perfidious attempt to spread a rumor on the Internet with unfounded allegations .

Media reception

  • After the rampage in Winnenden on March 11, 2009 and the resulting allegations against legal gun owners in Germany, the trade journal “Deutsches Waffenjournal” (DWJ) reported in its news under the heading “ The gun lobby is coming ” with the note, “ A broad base for everyone Target shooters, hunters, gun collectors and other citizens affected by the gun law “have so far been missing from the discussion, from the establishment of the Prolegal association.
  • Issue 2/2010 of the international arms magazine "Visier" reported on the founding of the Prolegal association.
  • The German weapons journal reported u. A. in his reports that Prolegal will take on two precedents under gun law in order to provide support to the legal gun owners concerned by the interest group.
  • The international weapons magazine “VISIER” called in its editorial 07/2010 to strengthen the interest groups Prolegal, FvLW or Forum Waffenrecht through membership. In July 2010, the membership of Prolegal increased from 1500 to 1900 (as of July 28, 2010).
  • The trade journal DWJ (Deutsches Waffen-Journal) presented the three interest groups FvLW, FWR and Prolegal as “Interest groups: fighters for the possession of legal weapons”. According to the DWJ, Prolegal has a network with over 50,000 nationwide contacts in Germany.

literature

  • Andreas Wilhelmus: Resistance . In: DWJ Europe's largest weapons magazine . Edition 08/2010, 2010, p. 10-13 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Prolegal, structure, official website of the association (accessed on February 28, 2013)
  2. ^ German Bundestag : Constantly updated version of the public list on the registration of associations and their representatives. (PDF) (No longer available online.) April 30, 2014, archived from the original on May 2, 2014 ; Retrieved May 1, 2014 (p. 546 (entry 1639)). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bundestag.de
  3. ↑ IAPCAR, official website, international overview of the organizations ( Memento of the original of July 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed August 1, 2010) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 209.160.58.241
  4. ^ IWA official homepage - viewed on November 8, 2010
  5. ↑ IAPCAR International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights, official website, ( accessed August 1, 2010)
  6. ↑ Prolegal, official website, supporters ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed August 1, 2010) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pro-legal.de
  7. ↑ Green leader Roth: Because of Claudia Bond on Spiegel Online from January 29, 2012; Retrieved February 4, 2012
  8. ↑ Claudia Roth: Only "Opium" in the handbag, no weapon on augsburger-allgemeine.de from January 31, 2012; Retrieved February 4, 2012
  9. ↑ Deutsches Waffenjournal (dwj Verlags-GmbH), notification of the founding of the association, extract of the report can be viewed online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed August 1, 2010)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / dwj.de  
  10. ↑ VISIER Das Internationale Waffen-Magazin, issue 2/2010, VS Medien GmbH, announcement on the establishment of an association, page 86, CONTENT VISIER 2/2010 ( accessed on August 1, 2010)
  11. ↑ Deutsches Waffenjournal (dwj Verlags-GmbH), report on engagement [1]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed August 1, 2010)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.dwj.de  
  12. ↑ Sven Helmes: Editorial . In: VISIER The international weapons magazine . Edition 7/2010, 2010.
  13. ↑ FvLW, official website Fördervereinigung Legal gun ownership eV
  14. ↑ DWJ, "Contents of the DWJ edition 08/2010" (accessed on August 17, 2010)