moosemike,
I know you realize this, but Europe is far from one country.
Many Americans assume ALL of Europe has similar firearms laws, and also often assume they're all as repressive as Great Britain's. Neither is true. At just about this time last year I went to Finland to hunt and tour the Sako/Tikka factory. There were several other gun/hunting writers on the same trip, most from various European countries. The one I got to know best was from France, and he owned 47 centerfire rifles, including an AR-15 and a Winchester Model 71. He also owned a number of revolvers and semiauto handguns.
As a bit of trivia, due to the Internet he was familiar with a number of American gun writers, including me, and introduced himself as a "rifle loony."
