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Lower house passes amendment to gun law
The Czech lower house on Thursday passed an amendment to the law on weapons and ammunition that requires gun dealers to report suspicious transactions, allows for the…
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New gun law should give doctors access to national weapons register
A new gun law currently being debated in the lower house should give doctors access to the country’s central weapons register. This would enable them to check whether…
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Czech Senate rejects proposed gun law
The Czech Senate on Wednesday rejected a draft amendment to the constitutional bill on security that was aimed at allowing legal gun owners to use their weapons if called…
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Czech Cabinet backs proposed new gun law
A proposed new law on gun ownership was approved by the Czech Cabinet on Wednesday. The proposal aims to fit in with new European Union demands. It introduces two new…
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Government fails to reach consensus on interior minister’s gun law amendment
The Czech government failed to reach a consensus on Monday on an amendment which, if approved, would enable Czechs with firearms licenses to draw and use their weapon…
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Majority of Czechs want stricter law on gun ownership
The majority of Czechs would like to see stricter legislation on gun ownership, but not a complete ban, according to the results of a January survey by the STEM agency…
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Politicians considering introducing mandatory mental tests for weapons’ holders
Politicians are considering the possibility of including mandatory psychological tests for obtaining a firearms license in the new gun law being prepared. Although this…
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More Czechs acquiring weapons
The number of guns registered in Czechia exceeded one million last year, an increase of almost three percent, the Czech Press Agency reported citing police statistics. Gun…
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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…
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Czech gun shops may be required to report suspicious purchases by year’s end
The Czech government is moving forward with legislation that will require gun shops to report suspicious firearm and ammunition purchases to the police. The new law…
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Lawmakers planning fifth firearms amnesty
Czech lawmaker are planning a fifth firearms amnesty for people who possess illegally-held weapons. The lower house is expected to approve the amnesty within changes to…
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Interior Ministry prepares legal complaint over EU gun-ownership law
The Czech Interior Ministry has prepared a legal complaint against the European Parliament over the recently adopted law tightening gun-ownership norms in the alliance…
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Gun use bill passed by lower house
Gun owners with legally-held firearms in the Czech Republic may soon be allowed to draw and use weapons in the case of a terrorist attack or other security situation…
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Education Minister slams accreditation commission for jumping the gun
Education Minister Josef Dobeš has slammed the head of the Czech Accreditation Commission Vladimíra Dvořáková for jumping the gun on the fate of the Plzen Faculty of Law…
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Prague to miss deadline to introduce EU gun control directive
The Czech Republic will not manage to introduce a European Union directive tightening gun controls by the deadline of 14 September, the speaker of the lower house, Radek…
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Police likely to be given powers to confiscate owners’ guns in homes
Police will probably be given the right to seize guns where the owner lives following a debate on proposed changes to gun license rules in the lower house of parliament…
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Police: Gun ad showing real Islamic State victim not illegal
Police say a Czech gun maker did not break the law by using a genuine image of an Islamic State terrorist standing behind a kneeling prisoner in an orange jump suit in an…
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Interior minister says will introduce gun use bill himself in parliament
Minister of the Interior Milan Chovanec said on Sunday that he will introduce a backbencher’s bill to change existing laws so that legal gun owners can use their weapon if…
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Senate approves bill that would put gun owners’ rights in the constitution
The Senate has approved a constitutional amendment that would ensure that Czech citizens have a right to keep and bear arms in self-defence. The bill, which would put gun…
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