The combined effect of EU firearms, environmental and agricultural regulations have shrunk the gun trade and are in part responsible for failures such as that of Arrieta.
In their antigun fervour the EU legislators did not notice that one (among many other) effect of their regulation was to deny gun owners even elementary consumer protection.
Sending an unaccompanied gun across EU borders, even for judicially endorsed warranty work, is so hard as to be practically impossible. The situation is symptomatic of regulations in other areas, ie establishing a shooting range, dog tail docking, consumption of game meat, the list is endless.
The end result is a poacher's paradise and a buraucrat's dream.
Slowly but surely they're winning. It might take years or even decades, but they'll win.
Lack of orders, more like lack of enthusiasm, more like, 'Why bother."
But I'm not only blaming Europe, look at our creeping in gun laws in more and more States.
