Afterwards: ORF premiere “The Enemy Within – US Veterans Against Democracy”
Vienna (OTS) – More and more Austrians call a weapon their own. Today, every sixth person in our country has a legal firearm – and the trend is rising. The Ministry of the Interior has recorded more than a hundred thousand new firearm owners since 2015. In “Doc 1: The Comeback of the Pistol” on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at 8:15 p.m. on ORF 1, Lisa Gadenstätter asks: Why do more and more people believe themselves? having to protect yourself with a gun in the bedroom? Is that even necessary? Who or what do people want to protect themselves from? Or is gun ownership simply a hobby in the country of shooting clubs? At 9:05 p.m. “The Enemy Within – US Veterans Against Democracy” documents a worrying development in the USA.
“Doc 1: The Comeback of the Pistol” with Lisa Gadenstätter at 8:15 p.m
Lisa Gadenstätter wants to find out how easy it actually is to get a gun in Austria, and she puts her finger on the trigger herself. She officially gets a firearms license and speaks to industry experts who are sometimes not entirely convinced by the current regulations. She learns from security and crime experts how high the risk is posed by more private individuals with pistols and what the situation is with illegal weapons. In her conversations she learns: Yes, there is this subjective feeling of insecurity that some people cite as a reason for buying weapons. And this despite the fact that the latest crime statistics speak a different language:
Austria, it is said, is becoming increasingly safer. Nevertheless, it’s not just weapons that are becoming more popular, self-defense courses have also been popular for years. Lisa Gadenstätter visits one of these in Vienna-Floridsdorf, where she is also taught how to defend herself against a knife attack in an emergency. A “Doc 1” between shooting ranges, darknet weapons markets and machete shops, which analyzes the topic of purchasing weapons, the increasing fascination with firearms and the dangers posed by this development.
“The Enemy Within – US Veterans Against Democracy” at 9:05 p.m
On January 6, 2021, hundreds of Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington. An estimated 15 percent of these were former members of the US Army. Persons sworn to protect the Constitution. Organized by anti-state militias such as the “Proud Boys”, “Three Percenters” and “Oath Keepers”, they represent the greatest threat to democracy in the United States today. In his documentary, Charlie Sadoff delves deep into the world of violent veterans even see their actions as a service to the constitution and the fatherland.