Protectors get justice
Ein Beitrag der Rundschau über Auswüchse der Schützenszene war nach der Meinung des Ombudsmann zu wenig differenziert. Achilles Casanova erachtet die Beanstandungen von Schützen als begründet, unter der Beachtung, dass der Beitrag wichtig gewesen ist.
In the opinion of the ombudsman, a Rundschau report on the excesses of the shooting scene was not differentiated enough. Achilles Casanova considers the complaints from shooters to be justified, bearing in mind that the report was important, as reported by the SDA news agency. Six shooting sports and shooting organizers had protested to the ombudsman against the article in the Rundschau of 28 February. They complained that the report "Feuer frei: Scharf schiessen als Hobby. The hidden realm of marksmen" was tendentious and defamatory. The report covered combat shooting, pub shooting in cellars with plenty of beer consumption and self-defense courses in gun factories.
In his statement, however, Casanova backed the Rundschau editorial team. The aim of the article was to show that there are other aspects of the scene besides the seriously organized shooting clubs. Such a report has a place at a time of controversial discussion about the revision of the Weapons Act.
Nevertheless, he considered the complaints to be justified. Both in the announcement and in the report itself, there was undifferentiated talk of 600,000 shooters. The editorial team had not specified that these were mainly members who had nothing to do with the activities shown.
In his statement, however, Casanova backed the Rundschau editorial team. The aim of the article was to show that there are other aspects of the scene besides the seriously organized shooting clubs. Such a report has a place at a time of controversial discussion about the revision of the Weapons Act.
Nevertheless, he considered the complaints to be justified. Both in the announcement and in the report itself, there was undifferentiated talk of 600,000 shooters. The editorial team had not specified that these were mainly members who had nothing to do with the activities shown.
