The police decided to revoke a man’s weapons license in June last year. The reason was that a doctor reported that the man, who is in his 50s, was cared for in closed psychiatric compulsory care after expressing suicidal thoughts, reports Today’s law.
But the man appealed the decision to the Administrative Court where he said he never intended to use his weapon to take his life or commit a crime. He finally got it right and the police did not have the right to revoke the man’s weapons license.
The doctor was surprised
During the illness, the man was not close to the weapons that were locked in a weapon cabinet. Today’s law also writes that it was the first and only time the man was suicidal. He also expressed that his doctor was surprised by the police decision when the man had recovered after being burned out.
According to a medical certificate, the man had made “a marked improvement” since the time of care and no longer met the criterion for depression, this referred to the administrative court in its assessment. According to that doctor, the man no longer had any signs of suicidal thoughts and therefore there were no psychiatric obstacles to weapons possession.
Debate about weapons has flared up
According to the court, the statement spoke so as not to revoke the man’s weapons license and when the police did not submit more evidence, the administrative court went on the man’s line and approved the appeal. The Administrative Court also goes on the same line and does not approve the police appeal. They believe the man is not inappropriate to hold firearms.
After the school massacre in Örebro where the suspected perpetrator Rickard Andersson, 35, shot ten people to death, a debate about weapons possession has flared up.
Among other things, the government and the Swedish Democrats have agreed on changes in gun legislation. They want to limit access to semi-automatic weapons of a military type, and mention AR-15 specifically. They also want to tighten the suitability test of people who want a weapons license.
The Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Environment Party also want the weapons legislation to be tightened. S wants the system for new weapons licenses to be tightened with further psychological testing and with certificates from, among other things, healthcare.