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Sweden Bans AR-15 After Örebro Crisis, Sends Arms to Ukraine

  • A mass shooting at Risbergska Skolan in Örebro in February 2025 resulted in 11 deaths, marking Sweden's deadliest mass shooting.
  • In response, the government chose to prohibit the use of AR-15 style firearms and comparable semi-automatic weapons for hunting purposes, even though the perpetrator employed different types of guns in the incident.
  • Starting August 1, 2025, police will stop issuing hunting licenses for AR-15s, and licensed owners have two years to relicense or trade in their weapons with full market compensation.
  • Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer emphasized restricting the AR-15 because it can cause “great harm in a short time,” while Sweden plans to donate confiscated rifles to Ukraine as part of its military aid.
  • The ban aims to balance preventing gun violence with hunters' needs, but it may challenge Sweden’s 280,000-strong hunting community and could inspire similar European restrictions.
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Some semi-automatic weapons, including the AR-15, will be banned from hunting, according to a new bill from the government and the Sweden Democrats. The weapons that are redeemed will be donated to Ukraine.

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Information to Ekot. Forced redemption for those who own the weapon.

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Aftonbladet broke the news in Stockholm, Sweden on Monday, June 30, 2025.
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