Debates
25/4/2017

Weapons and weapon legislation

Fourth Café Brno. Topic: Weapons and weapon legislation. Guests: Jakub Smetánka and Josef Kraus. Host: Jakub Krainer. Place and time: Impact Hub, Brno, April 24, 2017.

The guests, vicepresident of LEX association Jakub Smetánka and security expert from Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University in Brno Josef Kraus discussed mainly the new Weapons Directive. They both admit it was made with a good intention; however, the both find it too strict for Czech circumstances. Mr. Smetánka explained the possible damage it can cause, Mr. Kraus focused more on the process in which it was created. At the end they agreed that there should be some measure as a reaction to terrorist attacks in Europe and we should all work on it to make Europe safer.