So the Czech Republic is going on offensive on the issue. Czech Ministry of Interior issued official statement that the EU Gun Ban Proposal will lead to growth of firearms black market and will enable terrorists by making black market firearms more accessible to them.
I very much recommend you guys @wyk @RoscoBryant to read this with google translate:
http://www.novinky.cz/domaci/402676-prisna-smernice-eu-muze-nahrat-teroristum-varuje-vnitro.html
The official estimate of Czech Ministry of Interior is that between 20 - 50% of gun owners will file their guns lost if the proposal is passed.
This is beautiful. I was a bit afraid that the current Minister of Interior will not go so hard, but apparently he has figured out that this is a topic that will work in his favor in autumn election if he shows strength against EU.
Thank you very much, Dutch presidency of EU.
The article ends with two former chiefs of Czech intelligence agency both saying that the proposal is "idiotic".
Finally articles like these are getting also political back-up.
https://euobserver.com/opinion/131339