It is kinda unusual; especially since this was approved by the ruling coalition (ANO2011 + CSSD) as well as the opposition, and tensions have been high, especially now due to Covid and the government's absolutely retarded handling of the situation.
This amendment is really popular among the people, the overwhelming majority are for it. We've had much more permissive laws regarding weapons than most other European countries for decades and we're one of the safest countries in the world; people notice. It's also election year, the elections are in October, so not many politicians want to publicly come out against this.
KDU-ČSL are the Christian Democrats (KDU = Křesťanská demokratická unie = Christian democratic union), also known as literal political prostitutes. They were one of the very few parties that existed even during communism to put up an illusion of plurality, and they were allowed to exist because the Communists knew they could depend on them to do whatever they were told. That never changed. Once in a while someone in the party grows a spine and does something good (like this dude, check out the 3rd paragraph), but that never lasts and that person usually either leaves or gets kicked out.
Haha I just realized I didn't actually answer your question about the Pirates and KDU-CSL. The story behind that is that, well, KDU are whores like I mentioned earlier, and the Pirates are your run-of-the-mill progtards, so they would like to ban weapon ownership, but they can't afford to because it's election year and the amendment is massively popular. One of them even tried to poison the well on this when he tried to change the amendment to allow the defense of any right outlined in our Bill of Rights with a deadly weapon - so it would have included a right to defend e.g. your religious freedom. His proposal got to the Senate and they told him to fuck off, literally noone voted for it.
Pirates are very likely to win the October election. I'm not very excited for that, their rule over Prague has already proven to be a disaster.
It is kinda unusual; especially since this was approved by the ruling coalition (ANO2011 + CSSD) as well as the opposition, and tensions have been high, especially now due to Covid and the government's absolutely retarded handling of the situation.
This amendment is really popular among the people, the overwhelming majority are for it. We've had much more permissive laws regarding weapons than most other European countries for decades and we're one of the safest countries in the world; people notice. It's also election year, the elections are in October, so not many politicians want to publicly come out against this.
KDU-ČSL are the Christian Democrats (KDU = Křesťanská demokratická unie = Christian democratic union), also known as literal political prostitutes. They were one of the very few parties that existed even during communism to put up an illusion of plurality, and they were allowed to exist because the Communists knew they could depend on them to do whatever they were told. That never changed. Once in a while someone in the party grows a spine and does something good (like this dude, check out the 3rd paragraph), but that never lasts and that person usually either leaves or gets kicked out.
Haha I just realized I didn't actually answer your question about the Pirates and KDU-CSL. The story behind that is that, well, KDU are whores like I mentioned earlier, and the Pirates are your run-of-the-mill progtards, so they would like to ban weapon ownership, but they can't afford to because it's election year and the amendment is massively popular. One of them even tried to poison the well on this when he tried to change the amendment to allow the defense of any right outlined in our Bill of Rights with a deadly weapon - so it would have included a right to defend e.g. your religious freedom. His proposal got to the Senate and they told him to fuck off, literally noone voted for it.
Pirates are very likely to win the October election. I'm not very excited for that, their rule over Prague has already proven to be a disaster.
I like that 'poison pill' though...
You might, but it's a bad pill in practice.
Imagine if you were allowed, legally, to be shot every time you ate bacon. It is not a good law to have.