In general, you have to scrutinize the historical side of mass killings in Germany, and split them off into three categories.
The first is historical, and just admit that there is an awful of mass killings (in quantity of dead folks) prior to the 1800s, and had nothing to do with weapons.
The second is events that occurred after WW II and did NOT involve guns (like the Berlin jihadist event in 2016 with a truck involved). The 1980 Oktoberfest episode (killing 13 and injuring over 200 folks)....also did NOT involve guns (bomb was used).
So you come to the third column....mass killings over the past forty years in Germany....strictly with guns. Total? Seven. But even these have some caveats inserted....like the Duisburg event in 2007. This was actually a mafia-hit-job....on a clan group....by another clan group. The Munich Olympics episode...from 1972? That was strictly terrorist related.
The five attacks that remain?
The Koln 1964 attack at a school? Well....in this case, the guy had made up a home-made flame-thrower and brought a sword with him.....killing 10, and injuring around 20. No guns involved.
The other four? You can only find one of these who legally held a firearm....the rest were all illegally procured in nature.
The fact that of the five....four were committed on school properties? That's another curious part of the overall story.
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