Originally Posted by Dom
I am quite surprised that you don't support DJV ...


Well, alot of German hunters do not support the DJV because it is not the first time that they take part in actions that are against the German gun owners and hunters. So only about 70 % of German hunters are members of an organization (LJV) that belongs to the DJV. The Bavarian LJV left the DJV completly. DJV and DSB (largest German target shooting association) were in favor of the even then pretty strict first federal gun law 40 years ago.

In 2007/2008 and 2009 DJV did not really do anything against the even stricter gun laws. They just send the FWR (Forum Waffenrecht) with its "famous" Geheimdiplomatie=secret diplomacy. In 2009 the local LJVs did not even keep their members informed about what�s going through their monthly magazines. When the new law passed they even told their members that it was not bad.

Originally Posted by Dom
The DJV may have stepped out of line on the issue to some hunters/sportsman, but that doesn't mean we should disown them.


It is not the first time that the DJV stabbed the German gun owners in their back. They will do it over and over again.