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Forum Waffenrecht

Logo: Forum Waffenrecht e.V., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Lobby group of German weapons owners founded in 19971

Forum Waffenrecht is a political organization in Germany advocating gun ownership rights. The organization advocates for the rights of law-abiding gun owners while working to reduce gun crime. In a presentation to the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, its representative supported marking and tracing firearms to reduce illegal arms trafficking while noting that even in Germany, with more than 20 million illegal firearms, there is very little crime committed with firearms.2 It is headquartered in Ratingen.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jan 20, 1997Founded1
  • HeadquartersRatingen, Germany1
  • Websitewww.fwr.de
  • Legal formRegistered association (eingetragener Verein)1
  • Kind of organizationNonprofit organization1
  • LEI391200FJK0EVDU1ZG3963
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressAn der Pönt 48, 40885 Ratingen, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Berlin-Charlottenburg, VR 194953

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Forum Waffenrecht is a political organization in Germany advocating gun ownership rights. The organization advocates for the rights of law-abiding gun owners while working to reduce gun crime.2

Timeline

  1. Jan 20, 1997Founded Founded1

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