A good thousand suspected right-wing extremists had weapons permits in 2022. This emerges from a request from the left, which now demands “concrete action’ In January last year, after the New Year's Eve riots and the exposed coup plans of a "Reichsbürger" group, Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser presented an internal draft for tightening gun laws.

The FDP has so far rejected any changes to gun law and is instead focusing on better enforcement of the current law.