Czech Republic MPs vote to tighten gun laws - BBC News

But it's unclear whether the proposed new rules would have stopped the Prague shooter.

18 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, 14 people were shot dead at Charles University in DecemberBy Rob CameronBBC News, PragueMPs in the Czech Republic have approved an amendment tightening gun legislation, a month after the worst mass shooting in the country's history.

The amendment - which was proposed before the killings - must still pass through the senate and be signed by the president, and will not come into force until 2026.

It's far from revolutionary. So would it even have made a difference?

When a 24-year-old graduate student with a history of depression shot dead 14 people at Charles University in December, he did so as a licenced gun user with eight legally-owned weapons.

Police believe his victims - students and staff - were killed with a pistol, but the shooter was also carrying an AR-10 semi-automatic assault rifle.

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