Supervision of Shooting Ranges

The plan does not address supervision of shooting ranges, but it binds the party to a struggle against access to firearms and to pushing back firearms violence. Easing security requirements and replacing regulations with voluntary measures pulls in the opposite direction. The conclusion is therefore negative, but the basis is weak since the plan does not address the question directly.

• limit firearm accessdecisive»kamp mot tillgången till illegala skjutvapen och ett effektivt avhopparprogram, men framför allt med en kamp mot kriminalitetens djupare orsaker« (2022 manifesto ↗)“struggle against access to illegal firearms and an effective exit programme, but above all a struggle against the deeper causes of crime”
• safety from firearms violence»Föräldrar ska inte behöva oroa sig över skjutvapenvåld och drömma mardrömmar om att deras barn ska drabbas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Parents should not have to worry about firearms violence and have nightmares about their children being hit.”

The documents do not address shooting ranges. The closest lying principles are the election manifesto's measures against illegal weapons, the party programme's requirement that all environmental impact in the form of emissions is minimized and that activities are organized so that everyone can feel safe as to life and health. Derived from that a line that wants to ease security requirements and put voluntariness before regulations is rejected, but the foundation is weak.

• minimized environmental impactdecisive»miljöpåverkan i form av utsläpp och avfallsprodukter ska minimeras.« (party programme ↗)“environmental impact in the form of emissions and waste products shall be minimized.”
• strict weapon control»Vi vill ta krafttag mot införsel av vapen och narkotika, bland annat genom stärkt gränskontroll.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to take measures against the import of weapons and drugs, among other things through strengthened border control.”
• safety as to life and health»Det måste organiseras så att alla kan känna trygghet till liv« (party programme ↗)“It must be organized so that everyone can feel safe as to life”

The plan does not address shooting ranges. The closest principles are that law enforcement authorities shall have the tools needed for security and that the precautionary principle shall be applied, with heavy metals among the emissions that shall explicitly be reduced. A regulatory framework that eases security and environmental requirements for shooting ranges contradicts this, but the basis is weak.

• authorities' control toolsdecisive»Rättssäkerheten ska tryggas samtidigt som de rättsvårdande myndigheterna ska ges de verktyg som krävs för att bekämpa kriminaliteten och öka tryggheten i samhället.« (party programme ↗)“Legal certainty shall be secured while law enforcement authorities shall be given the tools needed to combat crime and increase security in society.”
• apply the precautionary principle»För att skydda miljön ska försiktighetsprincipen tillämpas så långt det är möjligt.« (party programme ↗)“To protect the environment the precautionary principle shall be applied as far as is possible.”
• reduce heavy metals»Utsläpp av miljöstörande ämnen såsom kväve, fosfor, läkemedelsrester, hormonstörande ämnen, tungmetaller och nanopartiklar ska reduceras« (party programme ↗)“Emissions of environmentally harmful substances such as nitrogen, phosphorus, pharmaceutical residues, endocrine-disrupting substances, heavy metals and nanoparticles shall be reduced”

The plan wants to clear out redundant rules and bureaucracy and highlights regulatory simplification as a way to increase rural residents' freedom and self-determination over their own land. A national framework allowing shooting ranges to operate without unreasonable safety requirements, with voluntary and competency-enhancing measures, aligns with this and with the plan's support for active hunting and wildlife management. However, shooting ranges are not explicitly mentioned.

• eliminate redundant regulationsdecisive»Vi ska rensa upp bland överflödiga regler och byråkrati.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall clear out redundant rules and bureaucracy.”
• regulatory simplification for rural areas»Regelförenklingar, skattesänkningar, gårdsförsäljning av alkohol och ett mer tillväxtvänligt strandskydd är bara några av de reformer som måste komma på plats för att stärka landsbygdens konkurrenskraft och öka människors frihet och självbestämmande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Regulatory simplification, tax cuts, farm sales of alcohol, and a more growth-friendly shoreline protection are just some of the reforms that must be put in place to strengthen rural competitiveness and increase people's freedom and self-determination.”
• right to use own land»Äganderätten är central för ett samhälle där människor kan förverkliga sig själva och sina drömmar.« (party programme ↗)“Property rights are central to a society where people can realise themselves and their dreams.”
• active hunting and wildlife management»ska kombineras med en aktiv förvaltning av rovdjur och klövvilt« (party programme ↗)“shall be combined with active management of predators and cloven-hoofed game”

The plan does not address oversight of or regulations for shooting ranges. The closest lying principle is Liberal vigilance against expanded public power claims, the ambition to reduce regulatory burden and the requirement that the state shall cooperate with landowners. Based on these principles, the plan leans towards simpler and more uniform rules rather than rigid regulations, but the evidence is weak.

• scepticism against public powerdecisive»en sund skepsis mot ökade offentliga maktanspråk« (party programme ↗)“a healthy scepticism against expanded public power claims”
• reduced regulatory burden»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska« (party programme ↗)“The regulatory burden on small enterprises shall decrease”
• cooperation with landowners»Staten ska sträva efter god samverkan med markägare och lokalbefolkning i naturvård« (party programme ↗)“The state shall strive for good cooperation with landowners and local communities in nature conservation”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan sees hunting, fishing and wildlife management as applied stewardship and wants the public to actively facilitate access to hunting. A regulatory framework that lets shooting ranges continue to operate without unreasonable safety requirements, with voluntary and competence-enhancing measures, aligns with this and with the link between land ownership and hunting rights. The election manifesto's demand for regulatory relief for rural industries points in the same direction.

• hunting as stewardshipdecisive»Jakt, fiske och viltvård är en del i bevarandet av den« (party programme ↗)“Hunting, fishing and wildlife management are a part in the preservation of the”
• facilitate access to hunting»det offentliga vidtar olika åtgärder för att bereda marklösa jägare tillgång till jakt på offentligt ägd mark.« (party programme ↗)“the public carries out various measures to provide landless hunters access to hunting on publicly owned land.”
• ownership rights and own use»för den enskilda äganderätten och generationers erfarenhet av enskilt ägande av skogs- och jordbruksmark« (party programme ↗)“for individual ownership rights and generations' experience of private ownership of forest and agricultural land”
• regulatory relief in rural areas»Regeländringar och kostnadslättnader för svenskt lantbruk för att öka Sveriges självförsörjning och stärka lantbrukets konkurrenskraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Rule changes and cost reductions for Swedish agriculture to increase Sweden's self-sufficiency and strengthen agriculture's competitiveness.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that weapons regulation should not adversely affect hunters, sport shooters and weapons collectors and wishes to shorten processing times for weapons licenses. A national framework that allows shooting ranges to continue without unreasonable safety requirements aligns with that, as does the plan's general requirement for reduced bureaucratic red tape. The plan does not however express itself on supervisory responsibility for shooting ranges.

• the shooter should not be affected by regulationsdecisive»Det är viktigt att EU:s vapendirektiv inte genomförs i svensk lagstiftning så att du som är jägare, sportskytt eller vapensamlare drabbas negativt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is important that the EU's weapons directive is not implemented in Swedish legislation so that you as a hunter, sport shooter or weapons collector are not adversely affected.”
• simpler weapons handling»Arbeta för kortade handläggningstider för vapenlicenser« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for shortened processing times for weapons licenses”
• hunting should be valued»Den svenska jakten är också en viktig del av vår kultur.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish hunting is also an important part of our culture.”
• reduced bureaucratic red tape»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one-third of companies' administrative costs and one-third of bureaucratic red tape”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan states that measures that should have been directed at illegal weapons instead hit legal weapons possession, hunters and sport shooters, and wishes to stop this harassment. It also values the right to own weapons and engage in hunting and opposes rules that only make legal weapons ownership more difficult. A national regulation allowing shooting ranges to operate without unreasonable safety requirements follows from this. The plan says nothing about the committee's reasons that the demand has already been submitted to the government.

• protection for legal weapons ownersdecisive»Samtidigt har politiska åtgärder som borde riktats mot illegala vapen och gängbrottslighet istället riktats mot legalt vapeninnehav, svenska jägare och sportskyttar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Meanwhile, political measures that should have been directed at illegal weapons and gang crime have instead been directed at legal weapons possession, Swedish hunters and sport shooters.”
• stop harassment of hunters»Stoppa hetsjakten på jägare och legala vapeninnehavare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop the harassment of hunters and legal weapons owners”
• valued hunting and weapons ownership»Möjligheten att äga jaktvapen och att ägna sig åt jakt ska värnas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The possibility of owning hunting weapons and engaging in hunting shall be valued.”
• criticism of burdensome weapons rules»Magasinsreglering och förbud mot bly i ammunition är exempel på åtgärder som görs för att försvåra legalt vapenägande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Magazine regulation and bans on lead in ammunition are examples of measures taken to make legal weapons ownership more difficult.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.