Transitional rules for certain permit requirements

The plan demands action against access to firearms and that the world moves toward fewer weapons in circulation. Banning and buying back already licensed weapons of this type, which can easily be equipped with large magazines and modified, reduces the number of dangerous weapons in circulation and therefore follows from the plan's commitment. The plan prioritizes safety from firearms violence.

• restrict weapon accessdecisive»kamp mot tillgången till illegala skjutvapen och ett effektivt avhopparprogram« (2022 manifesto ↗)“action against 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 toward peace, disarmament and fewer weapons in circulation.”
• 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 affected.”
• collective crime prevention»Ingen människa ska behöva utsättas för brott. Samhället behöver kunna agera samlat, effektivt och rättssäkert för att förhindra brott« (party programme ↗)“No person should have to be subjected to crime. Society needs to be able to act collectively, effectively and with legal certainty to prevent crime”

The election manifesto establishes that the fight against crime shall be uncompromising and wants to take action against weapons and double the penalty for serious weapons offences. The counter-proposal's demand that even already licensed weapons of this particularly dangerous type are banned and bought back reduces access to implements of violence and thereby aligns with the plan. The plan's rule of law principles speak for full compensation, but not against the measure.

• uncompromising crime preventiondecisive»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime shall be uncompromising.”
• action against weapons»Vi vill ta krafttag mot införsel av vapen och narkotika, bland annat genom stärkt gränskontroll.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to take action against the smuggling of weapons and drugs, among other things through enhanced border control.”
• toughened weapons penalties»Vi vill fördubbla straffet för grova vapenbrott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to double the penalty for serious weapons offences.”
• rule of law principles»Slå vakt om rättsstatens principer.« (party programme ↗)“Guard the principles of the rule of law.”

The plan gives only general principles: the courts shall break criminal structures and deadly violence shall be pushed back, which supports that even already held particularly dangerous weapons be bought back. At the same time the plan requires that forceful measures be weighed against individuals' rights and that new legislation be carefully tested for legal certainty. Since the counter-proposal combines the more far-reaching ban with buyback, the protection interest weighs more heavily and the plan supports the demand.

• break criminal structuresdecisive»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 courts to have the resources needed to prosecute crime, protect crime victims and break criminal structures.”
• stop deadly violence»Det dödliga våldet har blivit en del av många människors vardag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Deadly violence has become part of many people's daily life.”
• measures against serious crime»Tvångsmedel och övervakningsmetoder behövs för att komma åt den samhällshotande brottsligheten.« (party programme ↗)“Coercive measures and surveillance methods are needed to address the crime threatening society.”
• legal certainty review of legislation»Vi vill säkerställa att all ny lagstiftning prövas noggrant utifrån rättssäkerhet och grundläggande fri- och rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“We want to ensure that all new legislation is carefully tested for legal certainty and fundamental freedoms and rights.”

The plan establishes that arbitrary intrusions into ownership undermine confidence and permanence in society, and the election manifesto wants to strengthen ownership rights. To retroactively prohibit and buy back already-granted weapons is such an intrusion against law-abiding holders with valid permits. The plan moreover rejects collective punishment, which argues against letting all current holders bear the measure.

• no confiscatory intrusionsdecisive»Brott mot äganderätten, med konfiskatoriska och godtyckliga beskattningar och ingrepp, underminerar förtroendet« (party programme ↗)“Breaches of ownership rights, through confiscatory and arbitrary taxation and intrusions, undermine confidence”
• strengthened ownership rights»Vi vill stärka bland annat äganderätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to strengthen, among other things, ownership rights”
• no to collective punishment»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 search zones, collective punishment, reversed burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive surveillance and restrictions on freedom of religion.”

The plan requires that legal certainty be strengthened, that rules protect property rights and that predictability in the state's conduct strengthens the individual's security. Retroactively prohibiting and buying back already granted permits breaks these commitments, even though the plan in substance wants a hard line against weapon crime. The conclusion is derived because the plan does not address weapon legislation's transition rules.

• strengthened legal certaintydecisive»Rättssäkerheten och skyddet för de medborgerliga fri- och rättigheterna behöver förstärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Legal certainty and protection for civil liberties and rights need to be strengthened.”
• protected property rights»regler ska slå vakt om äganderätt, konkurrens på lika villkor, rättssäkerhet« (party programme ↗)“rules shall protect property rights, competition on equal terms, legal certainty”
• predictability in the state's conduct»När förutsägbarheten i statens agerande ökar stärks också den enskildes« (party programme ↗)“When predictability in the state's conduct increases, the individual's”
• tightened penalties for weapon crime»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 crime, remove the nearly automatic release from prison sentences and tighten penalties for, among other things, weapon crime, rape and extortion.”

The plan treats the right to property as a human right and requires a constitutional rule on full compensation for restrictions on property rights. To retroactively prohibit and purchase back already granted weapons permits interferes with lawfully acquired property and with the foreseeability the plan is built on. The plan instead directs weapons policy against criminality through increased penalties for weapons offences.

• property rights as human rightsdecisive»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”
• full compensation for restriction»garanterar fullgod ersättning vid olika former av inskränkningar i äganderätten.« (party programme ↗)“guarantees full compensation for various forms of restrictions on property rights.”
• measures directed at criminals»Skärp straffet för vapenbrott till lägst fem års fängelse.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase the penalty for weapons 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 are part of the preservation of biological diversity.”

The plan requires that weapons regulation is not designed so that hunters, sport shooters and weapons collectors are negatively affected. Letting the ban also strike existing, granted permits and forcibly acquiring existing weapons hit precisely law-abiding owners and conflict with the plan's requirement for predictability in exercise of public power. The plan also values hunting as part of culture and hunters' role in wildlife management.

• legal weapons owners 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.”
• predictability in legislation»principer om likabehandling och förutsebarhet.« (party programme ↗)“principles of equal treatment and predictability.”
• hunting as cultural heritage»Den svenska jakten är också en viktig del av vår kultur.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish hunting is also an important part of our culture.”
• 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 why we have robust wildlife populations in the country. This shall be valued.”

The counter-proposal wants to make the ban retroactive and buy back already approved weapons, that is, to deprive law-abiding holders of weapons they have been authorized to own. The plan explicitly takes a stance against political measures being directed at legal firearm ownership instead of illegal weapons and gang crime, and commits to protecting the right to own hunting weapons. The plan is also critical of how the EU's weapons directive has been implemented in Sweden.

• protected legal firearm ownershipdecisive»Stoppa hetsjakten på jägare och legala vapeninnehavare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop the witch hunt against hunters and legal firearm owners”
• direct 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 ↗)“Meanwhile, political measures that should have been directed against illegal weapons and gang crime have instead been directed against legal firearm ownership, Swedish hunters and sport shooters.”
• the right to own hunting weapons»Möjligheten att äga jaktvapen och att ägna sig åt jakt ska värnas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The opportunity to own hunting weapons and to engage in hunting shall be protected.”
• criticism of the weapons directive»Sverigedemokraterna är mycket kritiska till implementeringen av EU:s vapendirektiv.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Sweden Democrats are very critical of the implementation of the EU's weapons directive.”