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New German gun law will stipulate psychological test for owners - minister

Reuters EUROPE
Published March 10,2023
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German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser speaks to the media during a visit to the site of a deadly shooting at a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Hamburg, Germany, March 10, 2023. (REUTERS)

The law on tighter gun control that Berlin is preparing stipulates would-be owners undergo a psychological suitability test, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Friday after a deadly shooting at a Jehovah's Witnesses hall in Hamburg.

"The draft law foresees a psychological suitability test," Faeser told reporters after visiting, noting a spate of shootings lately had shown the need for a new law.