“Far-reaching measures” as a result of Solingen

Less than a week after the terrorist attack in Solingen, the federal government is responding: its package of measures includes, among other things, the tightening of gun laws. This is especially true of knives.

According to Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, the traffic light coalition has agreed on “far-reaching measures” in response to the terrorist attack in Solingen. It was a “correct package,” the SPD politician said when presenting the measures in Berlin. These include, among other things, tightening gun laws.

For example, in future there will be a general ban on the use of dangerous switch blades as well as a total ban on knives at folk festivals, sporting events, trade fairs, exhibitions, markets and similar public events. The attack in Solingen, which left three dead and eight injured, was a “disgusting act with knives”, which is why gun laws are being tightened, Faeser said.

Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) spoke about a sensible and useful package to improve the security situation in Germany and to implement an even tougher realpolitik when it comes to migration.