Academics and professionals call for tightening of Czech gun legislation

Several dozen Czech experts from the fields of law, medicine, and psychology have publicly called for the tightening of legislation surrounding the possession of firearms. In an online petition with the title "Nesmí se to opakovat" (It must not happen again), the signatories call not only for a fundamental reduction in the number of legally held weapons, but also for the simplification of the rules governing the permanent withdrawal of a firearms license. Several hundred other Czech citizens have also added their signatures since the petition was published on the website www.petice.com on Monday.