Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-11-29-Speech-4-209"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-11-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"sk"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071129.41.4-209"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-11-29-Speech-4-2102
lpv:speaker	lp:Zita Pleštinská2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; REGI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; IMCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3 unknown; Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Weapons are not conventional products. They represent a great danger especially for children and young people, who are threatened by the spread of a culture of weapon use through the Internet. In Europe recently there have been some very negative incidents, in which the main actors were young people using weapons. I am glad we have not remained idle in the face of the events in Finland and in Antwerp, Belgium. I realize that a weapons ban would mean an increase in illicit trafficking, hence this question calls for a very sensitive political approach. The UN protocols have provided a starting point for this Directive. Before their ratification, their obligations had to be carried into European law. I voted in favour of the report because it introduces a viable compromise, limiting the illicit sale of weapons but also respecting the authorised interests of hunters and legal owners of sporting weapons. The Directive will lead to improved marking of weapons and also recognises that each Member State has its own traditions and culture of weapon use. It will ban the use of weapons by young people under 18. Young people will be able to take part in sporting pursuits only under the supervision of their trainers and parents. I believe that, thanks to the responsible work of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Europe will have modern weapons legislation. The partial harmonisation of rules in the Union will not only serve to eliminate illicit sales, but will ensure that dangerous weapons, which are a threat to innocent people, gradually disappear from our streets."@en1

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