Since the 2015 terror attacks in France the EU has been going all out trying to ban private firearm ownership across the union. Czech laws regulating firearm ownership have been fairly permissive compared to other EU states; all gun owners must be licensed, but the license is shall-issue as long as you pass a test, and the new EU legislation would have forced us to change that.
Amending the Constitution (actually the Czech equivalent of the US Bill of Rights - Listina základních práv a svobod - which is part of the Constitution) to specifically note the right to defense with a weapon means the EU can go fuck itself, because while EU law falls under "international treaties" which supersede local law, the Constitution supersedes even that.
We had to somewhat change our gun laws last year due to EU mandate, but the update actually made some things easier; for example, silencers and laser sights were previously banned and the update allows them, and the EU also wanted to limit magazine capacity to 10 rounds, which kinda-sorta happened, except you can just get a shall-issue permit for standard capacity mags and it's literally just a piece of paper you pay IIRC ~4 EUR for and it's approved immediately, so it technically fulfills the EU's mandate while changing basically nothing in practice.
Of course, the battle isn't won yet. There's a push to ban lead for completely made-up "environmental protection" reasons (no, there really isn't a huge epidemic of lead poisoning like the EU and green NGOs say), and the newly passed amendment also includes a "as defined by law" clause, so in theory, if self-defense law changes in the future to say you have to give up and let yourself be killed if attacked, we're still screwed. It could have been worded a lot better, but it could also have been a lot worse.
Since the 2015 terror attacks in France the EU has been going all out trying to ban private firearm ownership across the union.
Seems like it worked.
Amending the Constitution (actually the Czech equivalent of the US Bill of Rights - Listina základních práv a svobod - which is part of the Constitution) to specifically note the right to defense with a weapon means the EU can go fuck itself, because while EU law falls under "international treaties" which supersede local law, the Constitution supersedes even that.
Ah, but the EU considers itself the equivalent of the US federal government, specifically in that any time there is a conflict between national (state) and EU (federal) law, EU law takes precedent.
What I’m saying is you guys are going to have to start shooting very soon, since they’re not about to just let you be free again.
silencers and laser sights were previously banned and the update allows them,
Lucky.
There's a push to ban lead for completely made-up "environmental protection" reasons (no, there really isn't a huge epidemic of lead poisoning like the EU and green NGOs say)
What a damn shame. Hopefully you prove them right about the lead poisoning soon.
It could have been worded a lot better, but it could also have been a lot worse.
[...] the EU considers itself the equivalent of the US federal government, specifically in that any time there is a conflict between national (state) and EU (federal) law, EU law takes precedent.
[...] you guys are going to have to start shooting very soon, since they’re not about to just let you be free again.
The EU isn't the US federal government though. The last time someone tried to secede from the EU, they just tried to punish them economically (unlike the last time someone tried to secede from the US. We fought a whole war over that and irrevocably changed the face of our government.)
I've been keeping an eye on this a little. I thought it was cool that this might end up actually being the Second Amendment to your Constitution and where I live there's a very large foundational Czech population. The place in the link is actually a national historical place.
While I'm not Czech descent I know that your cousins across the ocean are proud of you guys.
Since the 2015 terror attacks in France the EU has been going all out trying to ban private firearm ownership across the union. Czech laws regulating firearm ownership have been fairly permissive compared to other EU states; all gun owners must be licensed, but the license is shall-issue as long as you pass a test, and the new EU legislation would have forced us to change that.
Amending the Constitution (actually the Czech equivalent of the US Bill of Rights - Listina základních práv a svobod - which is part of the Constitution) to specifically note the right to defense with a weapon means the EU can go fuck itself, because while EU law falls under "international treaties" which supersede local law, the Constitution supersedes even that.
We had to somewhat change our gun laws last year due to EU mandate, but the update actually made some things easier; for example, silencers and laser sights were previously banned and the update allows them, and the EU also wanted to limit magazine capacity to 10 rounds, which kinda-sorta happened, except you can just get a shall-issue permit for standard capacity mags and it's literally just a piece of paper you pay IIRC ~4 EUR for and it's approved immediately, so it technically fulfills the EU's mandate while changing basically nothing in practice.
Of course, the battle isn't won yet. There's a push to ban lead for completely made-up "environmental protection" reasons (no, there really isn't a huge epidemic of lead poisoning like the EU and green NGOs say), and the newly passed amendment also includes a "as defined by law" clause, so in theory, if self-defense law changes in the future to say you have to give up and let yourself be killed if attacked, we're still screwed. It could have been worded a lot better, but it could also have been a lot worse.
Seems like it worked.
Ah, but the EU considers itself the equivalent of the US federal government, specifically in that any time there is a conflict between national (state) and EU (federal) law, EU law takes precedent.
What I’m saying is you guys are going to have to start shooting very soon, since they’re not about to just let you be free again.
Lucky.
What a damn shame. Hopefully you prove them right about the lead poisoning soon.
Hey, thanks for the outline. Very helpful.
The EU isn't the US federal government though. The last time someone tried to secede from the EU, they just tried to punish them economically (unlike the last time someone tried to secede from the US. We fought a whole war over that and irrevocably changed the face of our government.)
Sure. But they claim to be.
And also didn’t technically let them leave, since all of their foreign policies are still mandated by the EU.
I've been keeping an eye on this a little. I thought it was cool that this might end up actually being the Second Amendment to your Constitution and where I live there's a very large foundational Czech population. The place in the link is actually a national historical place.
While I'm not Czech descent I know that your cousins across the ocean are proud of you guys.
thanks for the explanation