German leader backs gun ownership

The anti-immigrant AfD has won growing popular support in Germany due in part to Europe’s migrant crisis, which has seen more than 1 million refugees arrive over the past year, and it now has seats in eight of the 16 state assemblies in Germany. After two Islamist attacks and a shooting rampage by a mentally unstable teenager last month that rocked the country, Germans are on edge and the AfD is expected to make a strong showing in votes during elections next month in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 

“Many people are increasingly feeling unsafe. Every law-abiding citizen should be in a position to defend themselves, their family and their friends,” Frauke Petry told the Funke Media Group in an interview published on Saturday.