Spain’s far-right seeks looser arms control laws

Spain's far-right seeks looser arms control laws | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018 file photo, Santiago Abascal the national president of VOX, center, applauds during a rally of the fledgling far-right party VOX in Madrid, Spain. The far-right party is making political waves ahead of a contested general election by advocating looser self-defense and firearm control laws and recruiting candidates among the retired generals of the country's armed forces. In an eye-grabbing move on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Abascal said that Spaniards should be allowed to possess a firearm at home and use it to face “real life-threatening situations” without legal consequences (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

MADRID – The leader of Spain’s far-right Vox party says that Spaniards should be allowed to possess firearms and use them for self-defence without legal consequences.

In an interview published Wednesday by a website specializing in weapons, Santiago Abascal says that “the concept of legitimate defence needs to be widened” in Spain.

Abascal is Vox’s candidate in the upcoming general election on April 28. He has bragged in the past about carrying a handgun himself because his family was for years a target of the Basque militant group ETA.

The 42-year-old politician says laws should allow those without criminal records to have a firearm at home and use it to face “real life-threatening situations.”

Official statistics show that Spain’s rates of homicide and burglary are lower than most of its European neighbours.

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