France makes push to collect heirloom weapons across country


              A gunsmith records information of old weapons and their ammunition , as France's government collects heirloom rifles and other unregistered firearms from its citizens as part of a week long nationwide gun-control campaign, in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
            
              A police officer handles two weapons including a German luger pistol from World War II in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. France has launched a nationwide drive to collect millions of old firearms, remnants of the two World Wars or long-abandoned hunting excursions. French Interior Ministry officials suspect French families keep many unregistered weapons tucked away in attics and storerooms as heirlooms in the country that was once the scene of many of the last century's fiercest battles. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
            
              A gunsmith records information of old weapons and their ammunition in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. France has launched a nationwide drive to collect millions of old firearms, remnants of the two World Wars or long-abandoned hunting excursions. French Interior Ministry officials suspect French families keep many unregistered weapons tucked away in attics and storerooms as heirlooms in the country that was once the scene of many of the last century's fiercest battles. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
            
              A gunsmith records information of old weapons and their ammunition in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. France has launched a nationwide drive to collect millions of old firearms, remnants of the two World Wars or long-abandoned hunting excursions. French Interior Ministry officials suspect French families keep many unregistered weapons tucked away in attics and storerooms as heirlooms in the country that was once the scene of many of the last century's fiercest battles. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
            
              Boxes of weapons are seen in a police station in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. France has launched a nationwide drive to collect millions of old firearms, remnants of the two World Wars or long-abandoned hunting excursions. French Interior Ministry officials suspect French families keep many unregistered weapons tucked away in attics and storerooms as heirlooms in the country that was once the scene of many of the last century's fiercest battles. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
            
              A gunsmith records information of old weapons and their ammunition in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. France has launched a nationwide drive to collect millions of old firearms, remnants of the two World Wars or long-abandoned hunting excursions. French Interior Ministry officials suspect French families keep many unregistered weapons tucked away in attics and storerooms as heirlooms in the country that was once the scene of many of the last century's fiercest battles. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
            
              A gunsmith handles an old weapon in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. France has launched a nationwide drive to collect millions of old firearms, remnants of the two World Wars or long-abandoned hunting excursions. French Interior Ministry officials suspect French families keep many unregistered weapons tucked away in attics and storerooms as heirlooms in the country that was once the scene of many of the last century's fiercest battles. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
            
              A gunsmith handles a German MP 40 from World War II in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. France has launched a nationwide drive to collect millions of old firearms, remnants of the two World Wars or long-abandoned hunting excursions. French Interior Ministry officials suspect French families keep many unregistered weapons tucked away in attics and storerooms as heirlooms in the country that was once the scene of many of the last century's fiercest battles. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
            
              A German Luger P08 from World War II is held by a gunsmith in front of boxes of weapons is seen in a box of weapons in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. France has launched a nationwide drive to collect millions of old firearms, remnants of the two World Wars or long-abandoned hunting excursions. French Interior Ministry officials suspect French families keep many unregistered weapons tucked away in attics and storerooms as heirlooms in the country that was once the scene of many of the last century's fiercest battles. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
            
              People wait to bring back their weapons to the Ustaritz gendarmerie, southwestern France, Thursday, Dec.1, 2022. France has launched a nationwide push to collect millions of old firearms; remnants of the two World Wars or long-abandoned hunting habits. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)
France makes push to collect heirloom weapons across country