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Bavarian Extremists Still Hold 138 Legal Firearms as Arrest Warrants Pile Up

Greens want urgent boosts to search operations after ministry data revealed persistent security gaps.

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Overview

  • The Bavarian interior ministry confirmed that 138 firearms remain legally held by right-wing extremists (84) and Reichsbürger (54) as of July 2025.
  • As of July 2025, more than 340 arrest warrants against suspected right-wing extremists and Reichsbürger remained unexecuted, ministry figures show.
  • Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann reported that authorities confiscated 140 weapons from 40 extremist suspects in 2024 and are exhausting all legal options to disarm these groups.
  • Greens lawmakers warned that valid gun licenses for radicals and unexecuted warrants jeopardize public safety, citing the NSU’s decade-old murders as proof of unchecked dangers.
  • The Greens are demanding stepped-up search operations and swift execution of outstanding warrants to close the identified security gaps.