A couple of weeks ago a right wing nutjob planning to do a terrorist attack was killed during a police raid. This was in Belgium and heavy weapons were found in his house. It made me realize that we need to step up our game as the left, because the right is doing so as well. This is in a country where almost no one has weapons, so to see them arming themselves was a bit of a shock.
I tried looking for it but I can’t find the reason for him having so many heavy weapons. They mentioned he was a member of a shooting range, so some might be legally owned (which you can still do), but it doesn’t explain the dozens of weapons they found. So I don’t know unfortunately. My city is the main drug port in Europe, and illegal weapons are big, so that might be the case.
That’s mental. I wonder if right wing terrorism will even be stopped.
Not by itself. At this point, the only way forward is by fighting back.
A couple of weeks ago a right wing nutjob planning to do a terrorist attack was killed during a police raid. This was in Belgium and heavy weapons were found in his house. It made me realize that we need to step up our game as the left, because the right is doing so as well. This is in a country where almost no one has weapons, so to see them arming themselves was a bit of a shock.
Was he ex-military by any chance? Otherwise I don’t get how he obtained heavy weapons as a civilian, and managed to obfuscate them.
I tried looking for it but I can’t find the reason for him having so many heavy weapons. They mentioned he was a member of a shooting range, so some might be legally owned (which you can still do), but it doesn’t explain the dozens of weapons they found. So I don’t know unfortunately. My city is the main drug port in Europe, and illegal weapons are big, so that might be the case.
Amazing how military-grade equipment is falling into the wrong hands this easily.