Meanwhile in Belgium

[Rhekimos]

For extremists, Belgium is also a good place to get weapons. The terrorists who attacked the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris last January purchased their automatic rifles in Belgium.

“Belgium is known as an international hub for illegal arms trade,” said Nils Duquet of the Flemish Peace Institute, which maps and monitors arms trade for the Flemish Parliament, adding that Brussels is one of the main markets for illegal guns.

Jihadi radicals have set up connections with the criminal gangs in Belgium, often following time spent together in prison, Duquet said. “Through these networks they can buy guns and rifles. And recent attacks have shown that terrorists are using guns and rifles more often, instead of the traditional explosives.”


“We don’t have a grip on the situation in Molenbeek,” Jan Jambon, Belgium’s interior minister.

“I notice that each time there is a link with Molenbeek. This is a gigantic problem.” Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel.

- http://www.politico.eu/article/molenbeek-a-terrorists-den/

[WarLord]

Funny that you soddenly worry about some weapons stored in a private place. If those were found in the US you would call it an attack against freedom to take those weapons away from their owner.

That's probably the most useless and nonsensical comment in this thread so far.

[Rhekimos]

Update:

Brussels shutdown as manhunt for Paris fugitive Abdeslam continues

Friends of Abdeslam told ABC News they had spoken to him on Skype and said he was hiding in Brussels and desperately trying to get to Syria.

They said he was caught between European authorities hunting him and so-called Islamic State members who were "watching him" and were unhappy that he had not detonated his suicide belt.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34892680

[Xant]

Funny that you soddenly worry about some weapons stored in a private place. If those were found in the US you would call it an attack against freedom to take those weapons away from their owner.

Yes, because the problem is obviously that there are weapons stored in a private place... you apologist retards just keep grasping at straws, don't you?

[Leshma]

They said he was caught between European authorities hunting him and so-called Islamic State members who were "watching him" and were unhappy that he had not detonated his suicide belt.

lel

sucks to be him i guess

[Sandersson Jankins]

If those were found in the US you would call it an attack against freedom to take those weapons away from their owner.

You're uh....aware of the rather large difference in firearm regulation between the United States and Belgium, right?

I live just north of the first county in the US to have a law on the books mandating firearm ownership for property-holders. It isn't surprising that I feel, barring any other charges, confiscation of personal weapons by any authority is inherently immoral.

But that is irrelevant. It's all about the vast discrepency in firearm regulation between the two nations.