Snejdarek
Member
Prague, and Czech Republic in general, is a safe country to the point that most people don't bother getting the paperwork needed for being able to buy and carry a firearm, even though it is all shall issue (incl. CCW). However, **** happens sometimes, as it does anywhere in the world.
Today, there was an incident on a place that I walk by quite frequently. It seems that some Russian in a car was annoyed by someone on a pedestrian crossing to the point that he brandished a gun and pointed it at that person. Surely enough, a couple of minutes both Russians from the car were handcuffed on the ground, and most probably will be on a plane to Moscow sooner than they could imagine when they were brushing teeth in the morning.
As it turned out, it was just a gas pistol they had (gun licenses for foreigners from non-EU/NATO countries are may issue and unlikely to be given, having illegal gun means prison time and goodbye to EU visa forever, so even if they are member of some mafia, they are unlikely to carry real firearms casually and resort to gas pistols to preserve macho status).
From legal point of view, defensive gun use would be legitimate (you cannot know whether he is packing .45 or gases), however, what is the safest reaction to a person in a car brandishing firearm? Is it better to hope for the best and do nothing (especially in a country where drivebys are unheard of), or try to get out of the cross hair and shoot the perp?
Today, there was an incident on a place that I walk by quite frequently. It seems that some Russian in a car was annoyed by someone on a pedestrian crossing to the point that he brandished a gun and pointed it at that person. Surely enough, a couple of minutes both Russians from the car were handcuffed on the ground, and most probably will be on a plane to Moscow sooner than they could imagine when they were brushing teeth in the morning.
As it turned out, it was just a gas pistol they had (gun licenses for foreigners from non-EU/NATO countries are may issue and unlikely to be given, having illegal gun means prison time and goodbye to EU visa forever, so even if they are member of some mafia, they are unlikely to carry real firearms casually and resort to gas pistols to preserve macho status).
From legal point of view, defensive gun use would be legitimate (you cannot know whether he is packing .45 or gases), however, what is the safest reaction to a person in a car brandishing firearm? Is it better to hope for the best and do nothing (especially in a country where drivebys are unheard of), or try to get out of the cross hair and shoot the perp?