You are allowed to have a gun as a status thing. You just aren't allowed to have a functioning gun as a status thing, and making it non-functional involves manipulating the breach and the firing mechanism so it's physically incapable of functioning and requires major repairs to be rendered functional again. It's not just 'remove firing pin'. Getting a gun just in case for 'teh bads' is a non-starter. In case of 'teh bads' actually existing and being a threat to you there's the possibility of hiring a private security firm for bodyguards or police protection until 'teh bads' stop being a problem.
Shooting clubs exist at the sufferance of the government, if the government thinks the shooting club isn't maintaining proper standards its permit may be yanked, there are rules and standards laid out in statute somewhere for this. Weapons permitted are IIRC pistols (single shot per trigger pull, semi automatic permitted) and hunting guns (shotguns and single shot per trigger pull rifles, not sure about semi automatics). This includes older weapons. Forget about owning something like an AR-15 or any other automatic weapon.
Hunting in the Netherlands is never for survival; any hunting is done for sport and for the sake of culling excess wildlife. Culling is always a contentious issue because we have so little nature we try and protect what we do have. The carcasses are to my knowledge never wasted.
Shooting clubs exist at the sufferance of the government, if the government thinks the shooting club isn't maintaining proper standards its permit may be yanked, there are rules and standards laid out in statute somewhere for this. Weapons permitted are IIRC pistols (single shot per trigger pull, semi automatic permitted) and hunting guns (shotguns and single shot per trigger pull rifles, not sure about semi automatics). This includes older weapons. Forget about owning something like an AR-15 or any other automatic weapon.
Hunting in the Netherlands is never for survival; any hunting is done for sport and for the sake of culling excess wildlife. Culling is always a contentious issue because we have so little nature we try and protect what we do have. The carcasses are to my knowledge never wasted.