Man with gun under pillow forfeits licence

BERLIN (Reuters) – A German man who slept with a loaded revolver under his pillow has lost his gun licence after a court ruled it to be irresponsible behaviour. The 56-year-old was stripped of his licence for failing to store the weapon properly, Braunschweig administrative court judge Torsten Baumgarten told Reuters Tuesday. The gun was only discovered by chance during a police inspection. "His home was being checked because he had threatened to throw a hand grenade if the city council approved plans to build a high-voltage power line in his neighbourhood," Baumgarten said. "The decision to take his licence was made independently." Baumgarten said the ruling, which sets a legal precedent in Germany, in effect outlaws sleeping on top of a firearm -- because the owner of the gun is not in control of the weapon and is therefore putting himself and others at risk. "Anyone could come along and take the gun away from him, his wife for example," Baumgarten said. 

Did you notice the last sentence... the authorities are in the right on this one.  We men should be afraid, most afraid of the women who sleep with us.  (For, if they treated us like we treat them during football season, we'd kill them too.)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081125/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_germany_revolver_pillow