The government and Sweden Democrats back the proposal, but Jomshof described it as "hasty and emotional" and "lacks support in our respective parties". He said he had decided to step down after a meeting with the party board at which the proposal was discussed.
"During that discussion I announced that because of the criticism of the proposal, but also because I'm not willing to push a revised proposal through the justice committee, I have made the decision to resign as chair of the justice committee," Jomshof wrote on the X app.
He's not the only one who's voiced criticism – 24 out of 27 local party districts objected in a letter to the party board.
The suspected Örebro gunman, Rickard Andersson, had a licence for several hunting rifles, but not the type mentioned in the proposal. But lawmakers argue that the AR-15 is a weapon that can be equipped with high-capacity magazines and has been used in mass shootings.
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