A special thanks goes to our French supporters. Our partners UNPACT<\/strong> <\/a>as well as the French association for target shooters FFTir<\/strong> <\/a>have donated 500 \u20ac and 2,000 \u20ac respectively and appeal to their members to donate.<\/p>\n We particularly thank Philippe Crochard, the Pr\u00e9sident of FFTir: Over\u00a0200,000 members received his alert!<\/strong><\/p>\n On the 2nd of June the French firearms lobby Comit\u00e9 Guillaume Tell\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>published a press release alerting all legal firearm owners in France about the risks posed on their civil liberties to possess firearms by the position adopted by the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. We expect to see similar press releases by organisations in other large Member States such as Germany, Italy and the UK. Better late than never!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Message aux licenci\u00e9s de la FFTir<\/p>\n Comme vous le savez sans aucun doute, les instances europ\u00e9ennes tentent actuellement de porter un mauvais coup aux tireurs sportifs et aux autres d\u00e9tenteurs l\u00e9gaux d\u2019armes en durcissant de fa\u00e7on drastique notre l\u00e9gislation relative \u00e0 la d\u00e9tention et \u00e0 l\u2019usage des armes.<\/span><\/p>\n Cette derni\u00e8re avait \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9tablie dans le consensus avec la loi de 2012 et les d\u00e9crets de 2013 elle r\u00e9pondait parfaitement aux imp\u00e9ratifs de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nationale qui ont pr\u00e9sid\u00e9 \u00e0 son \u00e9tablissement.<\/p>\n Cependant prenant pr\u00e9texte des attentats de Paris en novembre 2015, la Commission Europ\u00e9enne puis le Conseil de l’Union Europ\u00e9enne, plut\u00f4t que de trouver les moyens de traquer les terroristes ont choisi de s\u2019attaquer aux d\u00e9tenteurs l\u00e9gaux que sont les tireurs sportifs, les chasseurs et les collectionneurs, des citoyens qui sont les plus respectueux de la loi.<\/p>\n Le 10 Juin 2016 le Genval qui r\u00e9unit les ministres de l\u2019Int\u00e9rieur des \u00c9tats Membres a adopt\u00e9 une proposition de modification de la directive actuelle qui sera prochainement soumise au parlement europ\u00e9en.<\/p>\n Ce texte qui r\u00e9duit de fa\u00e7on drastique notre acc\u00e8s \u00e0 la pratique contr\u00f4l\u00e9e de nos activit\u00e9s sportives, n\u2019est pas encore d\u00e9finitif et il nous appartient de tout faire pour que les eurod\u00e9put\u00e9s l\u2019amendent afin de pr\u00e9server nos droits et de lutter contre le terrorisme et non pas en brimant et spoliant les utilisateurs l\u00e9gaux.<\/p>\n Notre F\u00e9d\u00e9ration au sein du Comit\u00e9 Guillaume Tell s\u2019y emploie avec des moyens et une strat\u00e9gie qui correspond au contexte qui est le n\u00f4tre. Mais notre action a ses limites notamment au niveau international dans les 28 pays de l\u2019union.<\/p>\n Il existe une association europ\u00e9enne, Firearms-United qui s\u2019implique tr\u00e8s fortement dans la lutte contre cette modification de la directive avec des relais dans tous les pays de l\u2019Union Europ\u00e9enne.<\/strong><\/p>\n Mais cette jeune association dispose de peu d\u2019argent et elle a fait appel \u00e0 tous pour r\u00e9unir des fonds afin de disposer de moyens financiers pour lutter efficacement contre ce texte.<\/strong><\/p>\n C\u2019est la raison pour laquelle nous avons d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de la soutenir en faisant une contribution significative et nous appelons toutes les ligues, les clubs et bien s\u00fbr tous les tireurs \u00e0 contribuer dans la mesure de leurs moyens \u00e0 cette lutte qui est fondamentale pour la survie de nos disciplines.<\/strong><\/p>\n Vous trouverez ci-apr\u00e8s le lien qui vous permettra de contribuer \u00e0 la d\u00e9fense de notre sport.<\/p>\n Je compte sur vous<\/p>\n Philippe Crochard<\/a> http:\/\/firearms-united.com\/2016\/06\/07\/donate\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n There exists a European network called Firearms-United which impacts very strongly in the fight against this amendment to the Directive by disseminating information to all countries the European Union .<\/p>\n However this young organisation has limited funds and it has appealed to all to raise money in order to have the financial means to fight effectively against the proposal.<\/p>\n This is why we decided to support it by making a significant contribution and thus we call all organisations, clubs and of course all the shooters to contribute to the extent of their resources to this struggle which is fundamental to the survival of our disciplines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ANARMA\u00a0is currently in Brussels fighting on behalf of FIREARMS UNITED and European firearm owners. Your funds are already being utilised for a good use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A big ”Thank You” to those who are supporting us through donations to the Fighting Fund: 30,000 euro already and increasing daily! A special thanks goes to our French supporters. Our partners UNPACT as well as the French association for target shooters FFTir have donated 500 \u20ac and 2,000 \u20ac respectively and appeal to their members to donate. 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\nPr\u00e9sident FFTir<\/p>\nTranslation of the bold sections:<\/h3>\n
And the French gun owners responded to\u00a0the call and donated!<\/h3>\n