Gun lobby

As small arms trade are stakeholders or interest groups referred that to simplify or maintenance of production, arms trade or possession of weapons lobbying operate.

So trying defense industry in the area of arms proliferation and arms control , export controls to prevent weapons or loosen. The term gun lobby is also applied to marksmen, hunters and paintball players in the area of ​​private gun ownership .

Arms industry organizations

On the part of the armaments industry , particular attention is paid to the sale of the products. This is primarily about the worldwide sale of war weapons to the military. The field of hunting and sporting weapons is of less economic importance for some weapon manufacturers and ammunition suppliers. Manufacturers of military rifles and pistols, such as B. the German manufacturer of handguns Heckler & Koch have only a comparatively small production for the civilian market. Others operate a mixed production for both government and civil markets such as B. the company Carl Walther GmbH or the Italian weapons manufacturer Beretta . Sports and hunting weapons are mostly made by specialized manufacturers such as JG Anschütz or Feinwerkbau .

In North and South America, the majority of arms and ammunition manufacturers (with the exception of the CIP member state Chile) are organized through the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI). The SAAMI acts as a lobby for arms, ammunition and explosives manufacturers, dealers and users at the US authorities and the United Nations, advising on the development of legislation.

In Europe, this task is carried out by the IEACS “ Institut Europeen des Armes de Chasse et de Sport ” and the AFEMS “ Association of European Manufacturers of Sporting Ammunition ”. Like SAAMI, both associations are members of the international World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities .

Arms trade organizations

In Europe, arms trade associations have founded the umbrella organization AECAC. The abbreviation stands for “ Association Europeenne de Commerce d´armes civiles ”. According to its own description, the goals of the umbrella association are to collect experience and knowledge from the trade in civilian weapons for hunting and sport, to secure the economic foundations of the profession and to represent the interests of the member associations in professional, economic and social fields vis-à-vis industry , the international or European institutions, and especially the EU.

Private gun ownership organizations

Hunters , marksmen and paintball players are also partly included in the weapons lobby . However, the gun users are not a homogeneous group.

International

Internationally, the World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities (WFSA), which according to their own account represents 100 million people, and the IAPCAR (International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights) are active in lobbying. The interests of gun owners in shooting sports are represented internationally by the Munich-based ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation).

Europe

Europe-wide (Pan-Europe)

In Europe, the lobby organization FESAC (Foundation for European Societies of Arms Collectors) is active in the interests of private arms collectors. The interests of European hunters are represented by FACE (Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU). Since 2013, the interests of European legal gun owners and sport shooters have been represented by the grass-roots movement Firearms United in the form of a European umbrella organization .

National European Associations

• In Germany , the Association for Weapon Technology and History had existed since 1969 as an interest group for legal gun owners. In 1997 the Forum Waffenrecht was founded and in 2009 prolegal interest group for weapons possession e. V. There are also smaller interest groups such as the German Rifle Association and the FvLW (Fördervereinigung Legaler Waffenbesitz e.V.).
  In addition, there are the German hunter and sport shooting associations such as the German Rifle Federation ( 1.4 million members) and the German Hunting Protection Association (240,000 members).
• In Austria , the interest group Liberales Waffenrecht Österreich , Firearms United - Austria and the National Firearms Association Austria work for the interests of private gun owners .
• In Switzerland there are Pro Tell, the Schiessen Schweiz (IGS) interest group . and the Interest Group on History and Weapons (IGW) , which represents the interests of the most important private weapons museums and weapon collectors' associations. On September 9, 2010, the IGS founded the “Association against the Gun Prohibition Initiative”, which led and coordinated the campaign against the Federal People's Initiative “For Protection against Armed Violence” . This initiative was rejected on February 13, 2011 by 57% of the electorate. The participation was 48.8%. The additional cantons did not come about either, as the cantons rejected this at a ratio of 20 to 6.
• In Italy , the lobby organization Consorzio Armaioli acts for the interests of private gun owners.
• In Spain , the interests of private gun owners in terms of gun law are represented by the lobby organization ANARMA (Asociación Nacional del Arma de España).
• In the United Kingdom , the interests of private gun owners in terms of gun law are represented by the NRA ( National Rifle Association of United Kingdom ), the BASC (British Association for Shooting and Conservation) and other organizations.
• In the Czech Republic , the interests of private gun owners under gun law are represented by the LEX lobby organization.

America

• In Argentina , the interests of private gun owners under gun law are represented by the lobby organization ALUTARA (Asociación de Legítimos Usuarios y Tenedores de Armas de la República Argentina).
• In Brazil , the interests of private gun owners under gun law are represented by the lobby organization Movimento Viva Brasil.
• In Chile , the interests of private gun owners under gun law are represented by the lobby organization ANTRA (Agrupación Nacional por la Tenencia Responsable de Armas).
• In Colombia , the interests of private gun owners under gun law are represented by the lobby organization ACOLUSAR (Asociación Colombiana de Usuarios de Armas).
• In Uruguay , the interests of private gun owners under gun law are represented by the Autraf lobby organization (Asociación Uruguaya de Tenedores Responsables de Armas de Fuego).
• The above associations merged in 2013 to form the umbrella organization Coalición Armas Legales Latinoamericanas (CALL), which represents 11 nations and around 5 million gun owners and was given the right to speak at the UN's small arms conference in 2014.
• In the United States , the gun rights interests of private gun owners are represented by around 15 different organizations:
  • CCRKBA (Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms)
  • GCO (GeorgiaCarry.org)
  • GOA (Gun Owners of America)
  • Handgun Club of America
  • JPFO (Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership)
  • LEAA (Law Enforcement Alliance of America)
  • Liberty Belles
  • MRA (Massachusetts Rifle Association)
  • NRA (National Rifle Association, info see article)
  • Pink Pistols (Organization of Gay North American Gun Owners)
  • Saint Gabriel Possenti Society (Organization of Catholic North American Gun Owners)
  • SAF (Second Amendment Foundation)
  • SAS (Second Amendment Sisters), (Organization of the women's rights movements of North American gun owners)
  • Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah
  • SCCC (Students for Concealed Carry on Campus), (Organization of the student movement of North American gun owners)
  • VGOC (Virginia Gun Owner's Coalition)
  • VCDL (Virginia Citizens Defense League)

Asia

• In the Republic of the Philippines , the interests of private gun owners under gun law are represented by the lobby organization PROGUN (Peaceful Responsible Owners of Guns).

Africa

• In the Republic of Zimbabwe , the interests of private gun owners under gun law are represented by the lobby organization Zimbabwe Sport Shooting Federation.
• In the Republic of South Africa , the interests of private gun owners under gun law are represented by the lobby organization SAGA (South African Gunowners' Association).

Oceania

• For the Oceania region , the interests of private gun owners under gun law are represented by the sports organization Oceania Shooting Federation.
• In Australia , the interests of private gun owners under gun law are represented by the lobby organization AISL (Australian International Shooting Limited).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Otfried Nassauer: War equipment: German arms trade. Die Zeit , October 2, 2006, accessed on February 5, 2011 . 
2. ^ Official website of the SAAMI. Retrieved September 10, 2010 . 
3. ↑ AECAC Retrieved on February 2, 2011 (targets and members on the official homepage of the Association of German Gunsmiths and Gun Dealers). 
4. ^ Matthias S. Recktenwald: "The good networking of the gun lobby". VISIER , May 4, 2009, accessed August 16, 2010 (comment). 
5. ↑ WFSA (World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities), official website (accessed September 18, 2010)
6. ↑ official website accessed on September 23, 2012
7. ^ ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation), official website (accessed September 18, 2010)
8. ↑ FESAC, official website ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2013 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 September 17, 2010) 
9. ↑ FACE homepage - accessed on April 7, 2011
10. ↑ Firearms United, official website (German, accessed April 18, 2017)
11. ↑ Firearms United urges action against the EC white paper on guns! ALL4Shooters.com, November 14, 2013, accessed April 18, 2017 . 
12. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} German Bundestag : Public list on the registration of associations and their representatives ( PDF ) January 28, 2011. Accessed on February 6, 2011.
13. ↑ FvLW (Association of Sponsors Legal gun ownership e. V.). Retrieved September 18, 2010 . 
14. ↑ Firearms United Austria - For YOUR interests! Retrieved March 16, 2017 . 
15. ↑ NFVÖ - National Firearms Association Austria-NFVOE. Retrieved March 16, 2017 . 
16. ^ Pro Tell, official website, Society for a Liberal Gun Law. Retrieved August 1, 2010 . 
17. ↑ Interest Group Shooting Switzerland (IGS). (PDF; 17 kB) Retrieved on August 2, 2010 (information on goals and memberships of the IGS). 
18. ↑ Waffeninitiative-No ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2015 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. - Association statutes - viewed on February 16, 2011 
19. ↑ Consorzio Armaioli, official website (Italian, accessed September 18, 2010)
20. ↑ ANARMA, official website (Spanish, accessed September 17, 2010)
21. ^ National Rifle Association of United Kingdom ( en ) Retrieved September 17, 2010.
22. ^ British Association for Shooting and Conservation ( en ) Retrieved September 17, 2010.
23. ↑ LEX os (German, accessed December 31, 2012)
24. ↑ ALUTARA, official website ( Memento of the original from August 8, 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. (Spanish, accessed September 17, 2010) 
25. ↑ Movimento Viva Brasil, official website (Portuguese, accessed September 17, 2010)
26. ↑ ANTRA, official website (Spanish, accessed September 17, 2010)
27. ↑ ACOLUSAR, official website (Spanish, accessed September 17, 2010)
28. ↑ El Pais, press report on Autraf (Spanish, accessed on September 17, 2010)
29. ↑ Speech to the UN in 2014
30. ↑ CCRKBA (Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms) ( accessed September 18, 2010)
31. ↑ GCO (GeorgiaCarry.org) (accessed September 18, 2010)
32. ↑ GOA (Gun Owners of America) (accessed September 18, 2010)
33. ↑ Handgun Club of America (accessed September 18, 2010)
34. ↑ JPFO (Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership) ( accessed September 18, 2010)
35. ↑ LEAA (Law Enforcement Alliance of America) ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 18, 2010) 
36. ↑ Liberty Belles (accessed September 18, 2010)
37. ^ MRA (Massachusetts Rifle Association) (accessed September 18, 2010)
38. ↑ Pink Pistols (accessed September 18, 2010)
39. ^ Saint Gabriel Possenti Society (accessed September 18, 2010)
40. ↑ SAF (Second Amendment Foundation) (accessed September 18, 2010)
41. ↑ SAS (Second Amendment Sisters) ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2015 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 on September 18, 2010) 
42. ↑ Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2008 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 on September 18, 2010) 
43. ↑ Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (accessed September 18, 2010)
44. ↑ VGOC (Virginia Gun Owner's Coalition) ( Memento of the original from October 24, 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 on September 18, 2010) 
45. ↑ VCDL (Virginia Citizens Defense League) ( accessed September 18, 2010)
46. ↑ PROGUN, official website ( Memento of the original from October 14, 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 September 17, 2010) 
47. ↑ Zimbabwe Sport Shooting Federation, official website at www.imssu.org (English, accessed on September 18, 2010)
48. ↑ SAGA (South African Gunowners' Association) official website (Engl., Accessed on September 18, 2010)
49. ^ Oceania Shooting Federation, official website (accessed September 18, 2010)
50. ↑ AISL (Australian International Shooting Limited), official website ( memento of the original from November 7, 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 September 17, 2010)