Semi-automatic and automatic firearms are banned, but that hasn’t stopped drug dealers and terrorists from acquiring them in increasing numbers, according to the National Observatory for Delinquency, a state body created in 2003 by then-Interior Minister and later President Nicolas Sarkozy. The numbers of illegal weapons in France have increased by double digits for years, the body says.
“The French black market for weapons has been inundated with eastern European war artillery and arms,” said Philippe Capon, the head of UNSA police union. “They are everywhere in France.” AK-47s sell for 1,000 euros ($1,181) to 1,500 euros on the black market, he said.
Civilians in France aren’t allowed to possess military-style weapons unless they are a certified collector. Permits are required for hunting rifles and handguns and a background check is part of the process.
Military Weapons
Still, at least a dozen people were killed in 2014 in shootings with AK-47 rifles, in cities including Marseille, Toulouse and Istres. Police have seized military weapons such as Kalashnikovs and also the Israel-made Uzi automatic rifle, Capon said.
The Figaro newspaper reported in 2012 that the French police estimated that 4,000 “war weapons” were circulating illegally in France, citing unnamed police sources.
Such arms are relatively easy to procure in France, Rene-George Querry, the former head of anti-terrorism unit Uclat, said on BFM Television: “With all these conflicts around the world, they circulate pretty widely.”
),he would have been intercepted ,he was banned from coming back in France,but took his car,crossed the border without being worried. Or he maybe teleported himself to Calais i don't know.
