“We beat honest people.” these French who refuse to give up their arms, handed down from father to son

Some are collecting dust in a box in the attic, others are sitting on top of the fireplace in the living room… From Friday and until December 2, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched an operation.”simplified surrender of weapons to the statein order to detect or register undeclared weapons stored in French homes. In addition to the 5 million legal gun owners, the country has five to six million guns, either inherited or undeclared, according to Home Office estimates. During this week, volunteers can deposit firearms, pistols, bladed weapons or small ammunition at one of 300 temporary “armour stations” without risking prosecution. Already 21,000 weapons and about 600,000 rounds of ammunition have been abandoned, Gerald Darmanin hailed on Sunday, adding that 5,500 weapons have been registered in the meantime. But this action is far from appealing to all interested parties and sometimes raises questions and mistrust. Le Figaro went to meet these reluctant owners.