Saxony-Anhalt: AfD members with weapons licenses should be checked. Last year, the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution classified the AfD state association as a confirmed right-wing extremist effort.
The state chairman Martin Reichardt called the action a “politically motivated measure” that was unacceptable. Membership in an opposition party should not be a reason for restricting civil rights, he said. The check on the reliability of AfD member is identical to the check in other cases, it said.