Weapons check Amsterdammers, take note! This September, as an | Amsterdammer in English

Weapons check

Amsterdammers, take note! This September, as an experiment, the municipality will be checking people for firearms, on a completely random basis. They target the areas of Bijlmer-Centrum, Burgwallen Nieuwe Zijde, Geuzenveld, Dapperbuurt and Waterlandplein. With this test, the city is not only fighting for security, but also aims to understand whether gun control helps to reduce gun ownership and gun violence.

There will be no more than three inspections in each area on different days. Importantly, an inspection does not mean that anyone is suspected of a crime, so everyone is obliged to cooperate with the police. The authorities are now looking for people willing to be observers and make sure that the people inspected are chosen at random. If you are interested, email waarnemerswapencontroles@amsterdam.nl by August 21.

This experiment is one of the measures against gun ownership. In recent years, incidents involving gunfire have increased, especially among young people. To solve this problem, Amsterdam is running various education campaigns as well as campaigns to hand in weapons.