Weapons authorities should check AfD members. The state party is classified as a confirmed right-wing extremist effort.
According to the Weapons Act, the “required reliability” is one of the requirements that people must meet in order to get a permit to own a weapon. Last year, the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution classified the AfD state association in Saxony-Anhalt as a confirming right- wing extremist effort, according to a report in the "Mitteldeutsche Zeitung"