Finally! A Government That Gets It About Guns!

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I don’t know that I ever honestly thought that I would see this: a government which actually understands and supports the use of guns for one of their proper uses. No, I’m not talking about hunting (which is absolutely a proper use). I’m talking about self-defense.

Yes, there is a government that, in so many words, admitted what we have always known to be true: governments can’t stop evil people from doing things, so people one the scene need to be able to stop evil people from doing things. (In case you’re wondering, governments don’t prevent crime; they clean up the mess afterwards and attempt to punish the people who committed the crime. By that time, though, the damage has already been done.) Amanda Erickson gives us more information:

A couple of months ago, Czech President Milos Zeman made an unusual request: He urged citizens to arm themselves against […] terrorists.

[G]un purchases spiked.

Now the country’s interior ministry is pushing a constitutional change that would let citizens use guns against terrorists. Proponents say this could save lives if an attack occurs and police are delayed or unable to make their way to the scene. To become law, Parliament must approve the proposal; they’ll vote in the coming months.

The Czech Republic already has some of the most lenient gun policies in Europe. It’s home to about 800,000 registered firearms and 300,000 people with gun licenses. Obtaining a weapon is relatively easy: Residents must be 21, pass a gun knowledge check and have no criminal record. By law, Czechs can use their weapons to protect their property or when in danger, although they need to prove they faced a real threat.

Now, to be fair, there are two points to be made about this. First: the Czech President singled out a specific group that he labeled potential terrorists when, frankly, people should be arming themselves against all terrorists, not just a specific group which may not be active in that country at all. Second: Czechoslovakia is a member of the European Union which just voted to put into place stricter gun control measures. Because they are a member of the EU, the current administration in Czechoslovakia may not be able to keep their more lenient stand on gun control.

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Still, it’s nice to hear government officials acknowledging that people need to be able to defend themselves even if it is only for appearances.

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43 COMMENTS

  1. Wow now there’s a novel concept. A government advocating for law abiding
    Citizens to own firearms. Instead of just criminals having them.
    Would like to see a government any where in the world go after criminals before
    A crime is committed instead of after!!!!!
    Instead of the law abiding with firearms

  2. I would be VERY skeptical about the “registration” of guns and gun owners. Once the “government” knows where all the guns are, and who is holding them, this will definitely lead to eventual confiscation, then if history repeats itself (as it always does) EXTERMINATION of said ‘”gun owners”

  3. Just a fine point, but this is the Czech REpublic now, NOT Czechoslovakia. Slovakia is its own 1-state country, while “Chechy” or Bohemia; and “Morava” or Moravia form the 2-state Czech Republic.

  4. Do pray President Trump likewise see’s this and not sign the Small Arms Treaty, giving the UN right and power to take our guns away from us CITIZENS OF AMERICA!

    • You don’t understand treaties, do you. Even if Trump did sign it would mean NOTHING if the Senate does not ratify. That is why Obama did not sign it. He was pretending that it was already in effect.

    • Ever time I see this “threat” of the UN taking away American’s guns it drives me crazy.
      It takes 67 Senators to ratify a treaty from the UN to make it binding, and there will probably NEVER be enough Senators to do that, and even if they did, I’m not sure it would override our 2nd Amendment.
      If the gov’t is smart enough to dupe us into giving up our guns, at that point we would deserve what we get.

  5. AMEN. ABOUT TIME. LEAVE (OUR) (GUN’s ALONE..) BE;CAUSE,,THE “CRIMINAL;’s !!! (” WILL ALWAYS GET THE WEAPON.s.!!!

  7. If the proposed Czech constitutional amendment created something like our Second Amendment (Individual) with NO registration requirement, Totalitarian Libtard and Commie fat heads all over the World, especially in Brussels, would explode.
    The C. R. ought to Czechzit out of the (((vampire pirate))) dominated E. U.
    AND the Brits had better get Brexit back on the rails.

  8. Did they really? Additionally isn’t it a bleeding shame that the government in this country does not seem capable of the equivalent?

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