I am from the Czech Republic. I have a firearms license and I own several weapons (pistol, shotgun, submachine gun and assault rifle). The Czech model is great. I wouldn't change it. It filters out the creazy people, criminals, stupid and irresponsible people. A healthy, moderately intelligent and responsible person has no problem getting a gun license and buying a gun. In the Czech Republic we have about 1 million guns for a population of 10 minillion. Czech Republic is the 6th safest country in the world with the lowest violent crime rate. Most of the murders are suicides and murders within the family (jealousy...). There are no gangs and no terorist here. 99% of police officers never fire their service weapon in their entire career.

She said some wise things. If you don't learn from others, where are you going to learn from. Always nice to learn some more details about our Czech brothers.

Hello, yes Czech law recognizes several groups of firearms license. A - for collecting purposes, historical weapons, replicas etc. B - for sports purposes, C - for hunting purposes, you cannot buy a pistol, only a hunting rifle D - to perform a job or profession, security of objects or people, police E - to protect health, life or property. So anyone who wants a gun must apply for a gun license. First, he/she must visit a doctor who can ask for a psychological assessment by a specialist, which is required for group D. If the applicant is medically fit, next is bring an application to the police. The police have 30 days to process the application, usually within 10 days. Then the applicant waits for the exam date, usually in 3-6 months. So the applicant must prepare for the theoretical and practical part of the exam. The theoretical part is a test where there are questions from the field of first aid, law and theory about weapons and ammunition. (quite time consuming, not easy, less intelligent cannot do it) The practical exam is about disassembly and assembly of weapons and safe manipulation, where the applicant performs actions according to the commissioner's instructions, under the supervision of the police, everything is recorded on camera. Alsou there are simulations of 1, 2 defects on the weapon and you have to be able to fix them properly and safely. A small mistake is a warning, 3 warnings or a big mistake is the end. The last part is the shooting of weapons at a targets, where everything is evaluated again, from manipulation to the accuracy of hits. The weapons on the test are prescribed, the Glock is not there, there is the CZ 75 family pistol and 2 rifles, all without optical sights :) iron sights only :D If the applicant does not pass the theoretical part, he/she cannot submit a new application for 3 months, it would be rejected immediately.(waste of time and money) If the applicant makes a mistake in the practical part and the commissioner kick him/her out of the exam, he/she will be given an alternative date (in 2 weeks, max within 2 months) And then you get a certificate that you passed the exam, this is valid for a year. With this document, you can ask the police to issue a firearms license. The permit is valid for 10 years, group D only for 5 years. 2 months before the expiry date, no later than 6 weeks, you will again bring a doctor's confirmation that you are still medically and mentally fit :) Then you apply for a purchase permit, it's valid for a year, you can take more than one, then you go to buy a weapon, you take it right away, an AR 15 with a silencer and collimator, you go to the police to register it. They will issue a weapon ID card, you may not use the weapon until it is issued. This is how it works in the Czech Republic 😋

I'm from Czech Republic and I have a lot of friends that love guns, and often go to shooting ranges, but they all like how gun owning is done in Czech Republic, and we are so blown by how easy it is to own and use guns in America.

Czech here, we can even have suppressors without ATF stamp :) And anything semi-auto up to .50 BMG. Test and medical requirements do not always work 100%, like anything in this world, but they do filter out most of xxidiotsxx people who are not yet mature enough to possess a deadly weapon. Here is the rub: in CZ psychology examination costs under $100, practicioners one is for $30. How much would it be in US healthcare system? Will doctors cooperate with police well and cheaply? In CZ police can check your history regarding substance abuse, neighbors complaints, DUI. For firearms license you gotta be rather clean. That can be used as a rubber hammer on minorities. In CZ after serving your time for felony and living clean life for certain time, your rights (also firearms rights) are fully restored. Is US ready for that? All these (and more) obstacles can be overcome, and I would really love to see US taking inspiration in one of best things CZ has to offer.

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Hi from Czechia, I think we are very gun friendly. About 50% of households that I know of have a gun - usually one person in the family have a licence, because there is some old rifle passing down through inheritance or someone just have a gun-related hobby. Every traditional Czech fair have a shooting stall where you can shoot a paper flower for your loved one. I think I was... 8? When I held a hunting rifle in my hands for the first time (not loaded) - my dad had one and I was curious so he took it down and let me hold it, it felt exactly like when parents allowed me to sit on the drivers seat in a standing car for the first time 😀. My grandpa had a collection of guns from 19th century hanging on a living room wall as a decoration instead of pictures, it was super cool. I never felt anything negative around or about guns - I always knew they are potencially dangerous, but usefull tools for unpleasant work or a fun hobby. If someone asked me how we treat guns I would simply say: The same way we treat cars. Like... exactly the same. You grow old enaugh, you pass a test, get a licence, you buy one and there is nothing more to it. One more thing to add - I heard that in USA, on average, twice a week someone gets shot by a toddler. By a toddler! That is not a loose murderer, that is just an accident. Car licence didnt decrease the number of suicide drivers, but it decreased the amount of accidents - I would expect that to happen with gun licence. Simply forcing a higher level of average education about responsible gun-ownership will innevitably decrease the amound of irresponsible gun-ownership too.

As a czech I can confrim that everything said is true. Maybe I should add that you also need a permit for hunting and usually you have to be part of "myslivci" or "forestrs" (I guess would be the closest translation). And who are they? Well they are usually "normal" people that take test, get permit and then take care of forest and animals and in turn they gain the right to hunt. Which I suppose isnt all that neaded in America with its huge forrests and so on but it sure is in central Europe.

Czech company buying Colt company 😉

Well, another point to add to Jens vid, wich might not be visible to US citizen - The guns owned in Czech republic are only single-shot. Burst or fully automatic guns in functional state are not be lawfully obtained, nor owned by civilian. Machineguns, granadelaunchers, flamethrowers, or missiles are legal in SOME US states, but in Czech republic, those are not suported by law.

hi from Czechia as well as many of the commenters here, and i just want say that you really dont need a gun here, we are extremely safe country. I know few friends (5-8?) that carry a gun anywhere they go and it took me years of knowing them to even notice that, and i dont mind, its their right to do so:D

Every gun is not same, that is why Czech license has cathegories. Same with driving license. If you have driving license for car, doesn't mean you can drive truck or bus. If you have weapon license for a handgun, doesn't mean you can own rifle.

To be fair, a blind person needs to carry full auto with a drum mag.. Otherwise how is he supposed to hit anything...

My friend inherited a lot of guns, they we confiscated by police and she has to pass the test to be able to have them. And another example...chech Switzerland situation, 10 mil people, 20 mil guns, shotting is the biggest sport and there is no problem with guns...

Hey, Im czech, and none of my family members owns a gun. But, shooting a gun is definitely fun, it is a great hobby. I have tried it (in shooting range with paid instructor), and it can be even sport. Our country is listed in top10 world safest countries in world by United Nations - every year since cca 2000. We do not buy weapons for home security. Our identity is not tied to them either. Making firearms is our traditional industry since before WW1, and you may know our CZ firearms company. We have had some crazies shooting with guns, and even family incidents. And mostly, it was a failure of the system, when police did not act in time, after the person failed the psychology re-evaluation. Plenty of them were with illegal weapons, there was even an incident with grenades. But in the end, the numbers are so small we still keep our safety rankings. Oh, also, we do not have gangs, fentanyl and hunters are required to pass alcohol test, before, and after.

you take the exams just once for the firearms license. Not for every gun you buy.

In fact you don´t need a licence for a hand canon. You don´t need a licence what so ever for guns manufactured before 1890. Completely legal.

Whats really makes me laugh about US is that you can buy guns almost in grocery store, but when you want to buy some alkohol you need to go to different store because you cant buy it in grocery store :D LIKE WHAT?!

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Interesting to hear . How many of Dar's subscription holders are American and learning new sh-t versus the European community also learning new sh!t is?

you can own hand-canon - "dělo" - without any permision. Its one-shot front loaded weapon. Basicaly its same as a bow :)

There is one single major difference here: in Australia, Greenland, Czech rep or wherever ... there are no gangs (or at least not to the US standard), neither the very very bad divide in the society. I do not think armed citizens are the problem. Although some circumstances such as criminal history or mental state (which I believe is the reality in a number of the US states) should prevent one from holding a gun, arms are useful tools and wherever they are banned, crime prevails. Relying on police if amidst a break-in is a folly. The other difference is that we have a "reasonable lobby" instead of crazy clowns babbling of 5000 rounds/min and the "assault rifle" stuff no one opposing them really knows a shit about. Interestingly, tho, I am led to believe open carry is much more frequent in he US than concealed. In contrast, here I need to plan what I will be wearing, becouse as a private person I am supposed to carry strictly concealed.

we have best guns in czech republic

Um, no. Open carry is actually rarer, far rare, than concealed. Not that many carry open. I'm stating this as someone who predominantly open carries.

Czech here. Mental health checks are great, but they are not a completely tyrant-proof solution either. Communist regimes have locked up many completely healthy disidents in mental insitutions to get rid of them. Since a large portion of US population is seeing therapists and using medication, it might not be a huge stretch to wrongfully classify someone as insane when they commit wrongthink.

Man, main differnece is there are only 3% of people having guns in czech republic. We can have guns if we want, but we do not need them. I have never met in my 43 years of life a situation that I would like to have a gun. We have very very small criminality and violent criminality is so rare that many people would not encounter it your whole life... I am pretty shure that gun violence would highly rise if there were much more gun owners... I believe there is such threshold of number of guns in population from where it goes to hell... The more guns, the greater gun culture and society more open to violence... We are not used to have guns, I personally feel unsafe if gun is near me. Its device that has only one purpose... To kill...

Its more about culture not law...

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she literaly butchered the name of the gun xD buw that is maybe how it got to a word pistol

she is not wrong..

...in reality, tho, if you defend yourself wit a firearm, you can easiy end up in hot mess in court. Was your defence revevant to the threat? Measured? Some may say that if you get to such situation, in the end there should only be one side of the story available. And no, do not talk to the cops. Ever.

14:30 I had to look on the internet if it is true with Georgia or Texas, and here is what i found. That's because Georgia allows legally visually impaired people to carry guns. In Texas blind person can go hunting ? “yes,” providing that they can pass the written test and proficiency (live fire) demonstration. Please note that “legally blind” does not mean that a person cannot see. It means that their vision is severely less than optimal. That could be due to the field of view, astigmatism, or cataract. Shooting requirements are at 3, 7 and 15 yards. 17:50 yeah right this test is actually for what group of weapons you intend to take. Weapons in the Czech Republic are divided into a total of 5 groups, according to 16 paragraph 2 of the Weapons Act, as follows: group A for collecting purposes, - That is the king to have all of those group B for sports purposes, group C for hunting purposes, group D for employment or profession - lets say you are a cop for use of pistols or Bank security guy. group E to protect health, life or property. Group A is for military, including launchers, with the exception of rifles, pistols and revolvers, verified for civilian use, if they are subject to verification under a special legal regulation, silencors, laser sights, ammunition with an armor-piercing, explosive or incendiary projectile. Group B short repeating or self-loading weapons, single-shot or multi-shot weapons for rimfire ammunition, the overall length of which is less than 280 mm, long self-loading weapons, the magazine or cartridge box and cartridge chamber together can hold more than 3 cartridges. Group C single-shot or multi-shot weapons for rimfire ammunition, the overall length of which is equal to or greater than 280 mm, gas weapons where the kinetic energy of the projectile at the muzzle is greater than 16 J, with the exception of paintball weapons, and more than two-shot or repeating weapons constructed on the principle of percussion lock systems. Group D historical weapons, single-shot and double-shot weapons constructed on the principles of cigar, wheel, flintlock or percussion lock systems, firearms intended for firing flobert cartridges with a muzzle energy of up to 7.5 J. Group E - Ammunition for weapons of categories A to D, which is not prohibited. You have some regulations what you can use or not, i wrote up some examples of each category. To basically understand which stands for what nice video bro.

Uh, let's pause for a moment.. This original video is so poorly researched and iterates so many myths that it borders on disinformation. Although I can symphatize with author´s intent to compare US and ČR to show how unhinged the former is, there´s no reason to sugercoat the "Czech gun culture" whatsoever. by doing so, she´s doing disservice to the country. Where to begin? Czechs are no gun-enhusiasts whatsoever. Only 3% of the total population have gun permissions, they possess approximately 3 guns each. This is a tiny, but unfortunately loud minority that is currently trying to americanize ČR in its approach to weapons. There is no idylic history of Czechs loving guns. I cant tell you much about the Midle Ages, although I doubt the weapons would be more allowed than in the rest of the back-then Europe, which means, severly restricted. But in the early-modern Bohemian codes, guns are definitely not legal - in fact they had to be kept in armories and could have been used only when pursuing thieves etc. But no right to carry weapons around. This remained the same for the most of the Czech modern history, although on various far-right and right-leaning pro-gun webs (where I believe the author drew her information from), you can read exactly the fairy tale about the widespread arming of individuals. But that´s just that: a fairytale. Communists came to power only thanks to the fact that the guns were widespread in the society after the war. This is how "Lidové milice", the communist paramilitary organization made up mostly from civilians, came to its armory. What an irony, a tyranny installed itself thanks to the widespread gun ownership! During the state socialism, the arms were held especially by these "people´s militias", but also "gamekeepers" ("myslivci"), the forest-keepers. While the former were abolished after the communists had vanished, the latter are the biggest group lobbying for guns and loose gun restrictions in the society. They are responsible for multiple deaths and injuries of regular people, tourists legaly wandering the open country, each year. These mostly elderly men who were privileged during communism found their new allies in amrs-producers, and together make a powerful lobby. It was these voices who got the insane amendment into the constitution. This was no bottom-up decision, there was no debate, this was straight lobbyism for 3% of privileged and dangerous people. This brings me to my next point: guns are not safe in Czech Rep. There´s more gun-related deaths per 100k people than in Germany, Poland, or UK. Most victims are women. More accomplished suicides. Since 2009, there were 4 mass shootings in ČR, whereas in Switzerland with much more guns, 0 since 2001. Because the criteria in ČR to obtain a gun permission is a pure joke. The permission is life-long, in the Switzerland, you have to renew it each 6 months. The test is dumb easy, the psychological screening virtually nonexistent, the medical examination a formality. The recent mass shooting at the Faculty of Arts in Prague was possible only because the killer could amass staggering 8 semiautomatic weapons and because silencers are legal. What happened after the shooting regulation-wise? Nothing, not even silencers were banned. Because arm-makers and the whole gun lobby didn´t want to. Tell me now who is silly here, whether Czechs or Americans. Last but not least, look at Dominic Erdozain´s well-researched book "One Nation under Guns" about the legal history of gun-regulation in the US. The 2nd amendment only permits well regulated militia to bear arms, and there is 200 years history of Supreme Court decisions upholding this interpretation, until Republican-nominated Court changed the interpretation and said it applies to individuals as well - only in 2008. So, you have only two nations stupid enough to give the individuals the right to carry weapons and enshrine it in their constitution - in the 21st century. The Americans and the Czechs.

I am from Czech Republic and I am kinda disgusted that so many people want to have guns, but I am glad the requirements are highly regulated for mostly sane people.

Tell them how much more knife crime they have in Europe

Australia solved it in 1996

Videos that age badly....

I'm afraid You touched not good source. I didn't see your video yet but as I know Jenifer's channel, it's quite humoristic and majority of her posts (like this) are concepted with smaller or bigger portion of sarkasm and not performed as fully serious. But.. Let's see... :)

The American's comparison of the Czech Republic with the United States is a misinterpretation, and it reflects her lack of analytical understanding of different cultures and uninformed perspective. The reality in the Czech Republic is that there is an absence of diversity and people of color, and equal rights are not extended to all. With a population of around 10 million, the Czech Republic is predominantly Slavic. In contrast, the United States is a multi-cultural and diverse society, with a population over 35 times larger than that of the Czech Republic. Systemic racism and inequality pervade Czech society, with a notable lack of representation for individuals of black, Muslim, Asian, or African backgrounds in universities, government positions, and private sectors. It is impossible to compare a single-nation country with multi-nation America, and the American perspective from her apartment in Prague offers a limited understanding of the true complexities of diversity and equity.

Use open vpn and stop watching this trash :D