The ban on possession of certain semi-automatic weapons for hunting

The plan demands fighting access to firearms and that parents should not have to worry about firearm violence, and states that the world needs to move towards fewer weapons in circulation. The counter-proposal instead demands that the ban on these semi-automatic weapons not be introduced. The plan's hunting interest is completely absent, while weapon limitation is an explicit commitment, and therefore the plan speaks against the counter-proposal's demands.

• limit access to weaponsdecisive»kamp mot tillgången till illegala skjutvapen och ett effektivt avhopparprogram« (2022 manifesto ↗)“fighting access to illegal firearms and an effective exit program”
• fewer weapons in circulation»Världen behöver gå mot fred, nedrustning och färre vapen i cirkulation.« (party programme ↗)“The world needs to move towards peace, disarmament and fewer weapons in circulation.”
• stop firearm 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 firearm violence and have nightmares about their children being affected.”
• protection from crime»Ingen människa ska behöva utsättas för brott.« (party programme ↗)“No person should be subjected to crime.”

The election manifesto wants to double the penalty for serious weapons crimes and take strong action against weapons, and the party programme requires forceful combating of organised criminal activity. The counter-proposal wants to stop the ban on these semi-automatic weapons, which goes against the plan's line of reducing access to dangerous weapons. The plan's demands for evidence and legal safeguards in criminal policy give some support to the proportionality objection, but do not sustain the conclusion.

• tougher action on weapons crimesdecisive»Vi vill fördubbla straffet för grova vapenbrott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to double the penalty for serious weapons crimes.”
• strong action on weapons»Vi vill ta krafttag mot införsel av vapen och narkotika, bland annat genom stärkt gränskontroll.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to take strong action against smuggling of weapons and drugs, among other things through strengthened border control.”
• combat organised crime»Kraftfullt bekämpande av organiserad kriminell verksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“Forceful combating of organised criminal activity.”
• evidence-based criminal policy»Kriminalpolitik byggd på evidens, effektivitet och rättssäkerhet.« (party programme ↗)“Criminal policy based on evidence, effectiveness and legal safeguards.”

The plan accepts hunting only when it is careful, conducted with respect for animals and ecosystems and with good hunting ethics — it provides no support for protecting particularly risky weapon types in hunting. At the same time, the Green Party wants the justice system to break criminal structures and that lethal violence is pushed back. The counter-proposal's requirement that no ban shall be introduced therefore goes against the plan's line.

• only careful and ethical huntingdecisive»Varsam jakt som bedrivs med respekt för djur och ekosystem är ett bra sätt att ta vara på delar av det som naturen kan ge oss.« (party programme ↗)“Careful hunting conducted with respect for animals and ecosystems is a good way to make use of parts of what nature can give us.”
• good hunting ethics required»All jakt ska bedrivas med god jaktetik.« (party programme ↗)“All hunting shall be conducted with good hunting ethics.”
• break criminal structures»Miljöpartiet vill att rättsväsendet får de resurser som behövs för att lagföra brott, skydda brottsoffer och bryta kriminella strukturer.« (party programme ↗)“The Green Party wants the justice system to receive the resources needed to prosecute crime, protect crime victims and break criminal structures.”
• forceful fight against gun violence»se fler och bättre betalda poliser för att bekämpa den organiserade brottsligheten och för att motverka parallellsamhällen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“see more and better-paid police to combat organized crime and to counteract parallel societies.”

The plan defends the rule of law and the individual's rights against the state and explicitly rejects collective punishment, and the party programme requires proportionality between a legislation's restrictions and its purpose. A general firearms possession ban that affects law-abiding hunters is difficult to reconcile with this, while the plan's crime control is directed at gangs with more resources to police, prosecutors and courts. The plan furthermore wants to see active wildlife management, which requires good hunting conditions.

• no to collective punishmentdecisive»Vi säger därför nej till visitationszoner, kollektiv bestraffning, omvänd bevisbörda, anonyma vittnen, preventiv avlyssning och inskränkningar av religionsfriheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We therefore say no to stop-and-search zones, collective punishment, reversed burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive wiretapping and restrictions on religious freedom.”
• proportionality in legislation»Det måste finnas en proportionalitet mellan lagstiftningens inskränkning av medborgarnas integritet och lagarnas syfte.« (party programme ↗)“There must be proportionality between the legislation's restriction of citizens' privacy and the purpose of the laws.”
• efforts are directed at gangs»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society shall not yield to gangs.”
• active wildlife management»ska kombineras med en aktiv förvaltning av rovdjur och klövvilt« (party programme ↗)“should be combined with active management of predators and hoofed wildlife”

The plan drives a consistent tightening in the weapons area, with harsher penalties for weapons crimes and a situation assessment where more and more people carry weapons, which argues for a ban on particularly dangerous semi-automatic weapons rather than against the counter-proposal's no. The plan's proportionality requirement and its emphasis on cooperation with landowners and local communities in wildlife management give some support to the objections, but carry less weight. Hunting weapons are not addressed at all in the plan, which is why the conclusion is derived.

• increased penalties for weapons crimesdecisive»Vi vill avskaffa dagens mängdrabatt på brott, slopa den närmast automatiska frigivningen från fängelsestraff och skärpa straffen för bland annat vapenbrott, våldtäkt och utpressning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to abolish today's quantity discount on crimes, abolish the almost automatic release from prison sentences, and increase penalties for, among other things, weapons crimes, rape, and extortion.”
• weapons in criminal environments»Polisen rapporterar om sjuåringar som är knarkkurirer och tolvåringar som bär vapen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The police report on seven-year-olds who are drug couriers and twelve-year-olds who carry weapons.”
• proportionality requirement»integriteten negativt är endast berättigade om ett motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre« (party programme ↗)“integrity negatively are only justified if an opposing interest weighs obviously heavier”
• cooperation in wildlife management»med markägare och lokalbefolkning i naturvård och viltförvaltning.« (party programme ↗)“with landowners and local communities in nature conservation and wildlife management.”

The plan directs weapon policy towards crime - the sentence for weapon offences shall be toughened to at least five years' imprisonment - and treats hunting and wildlife management as applied stewardship tied to property rights. A ban that affects law-abiding hunters' legal weapons does not align with that line, and the plan requires full compensation in restrictions on property rights. The counter-proposal's objection to the ban is therefore supported by the plan.

• tough sentences for weapon crimedecisive»Skärp straffet för vapenbrott till lägst fem års fängelse.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten the sentence for weapon offences to at least five years' imprisonment.”
• hunting as applied stewardship»Jakt, fiske och viltvård är en del i bevarandet av den biologiska mångfalden.« (party programme ↗)“Hunting, fishing and wildlife management is a part in preserving biological diversity.”
• property right as a human right»Rätten till egendom är en mänsklig rättighet och därför ska en regel finnas i grundlagen som« (party programme ↗)“The right to property is a human right and therefore a rule should exist in the constitution that”
• hunting to protect life and property»skyddsjakt för att värna liv och egendom« (party programme ↗)“protective hunting to protect life and property”

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 explicitly states that weapons regulation shall not be implemented so that hunters, sport shooters or weapons collectors are negatively affected, and it wants to stop the hunting of hunters. A ban on a type of weapon used in hunting is precisely the kind of measure that affects law-abiding gun owners. Instead, the plan directs the tightening toward serious weapons crimes, which supports the counter-proposal's objection that the means do more good against illegal weapons.

• hunters shall not be affecteddecisive»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 negatively affected.”
• stop the hunting of hunters»Vi ska stoppa jakten på jägarna och rädda fiskerinäringen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall stop the hunting of hunters and save the fishing industry”
• focus on illegal weapons»Skärpa minimistraffen för grova vapenbrott från dagens 2 års fängelse till 6 års fängelse« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Raise minimum sentences for serious weapons crimes from today's 2 years imprisonment to 6 years imprisonment”
• value hunters' efforts»Jägarnas insatser är en starkt bidragande orsak till att vi har livskraftiga viltstammar i landet. Det ska värnas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Hunters' efforts are a strongly contributing reason that we have viable wildlife stocks in the country. That shall be valued.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan states that measures that should have been directed against illegal weapons and gang crime instead were directed against legal gun ownership, Swedish hunters, and sport shooters, and points out magazine regulations as an example of measures that complicate legal gun ownership. The counter-proposal rejects precisely a ban on certain semi-automatic hunting weapons with the argument that legal weapons are rarely used in crime. The plan's commitment to protect the right to own hunting weapons thus supports the counter-proposal's demand.

• protected legal gun ownershipdecisive»Stoppa hetsjakten på jägare och legala vapeninnehavare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop the witch-hunt against hunters and legal gun owners”
• measures against illegal weapons»Samtidigt har politiska åtgärder som borde riktats mot illegala vapen och gängbrottslighet istället riktats mot legalt vapeninnehav, svenska jägare och sportskyttar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time, political measures that should have been directed against illegal weapons and gang crime have instead been directed against legal gun ownership, Swedish hunters, and sport shooters.”
• against complicated gun ownership»Magasinsreglering och förbud mot bly i ammunition är exempel på åtgärder som görs för att försvåra legalt vapenägande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Magazine regulations and bans on lead in ammunition are examples of measures taken to complicate legal gun ownership.”
• the right to own hunting weapons»Möjligheten att äga jaktvapen och att ägna sig åt jakt ska värnas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The ability to own hunting weapons and engage in hunting shall be protected.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.