Abascal said the Spain’s laws treat “people like villains and their attackers like victims”.
According to the U.S. Library of Congress, “Applicants for a gun owner’s license are required to prove that they have a genuine reason to possess a firearm—for example, hunting, target shooting, collection, self-defense, or security”.
Abascal, who obtained a license to protect his family from danger and terrorism, believes the laws need to be eased.
“We need an urgent radical change in the law, not only so that the Spaniards without criminal records and in full use of their mental faculties can keep a weapon in their house… But so that they can use it in real life-threatening situations without fear of facing a judicial nightmare, prison sentences or even the prospect of having to pay compensation to the relatives of criminals who assaulted them,” he said.