TheDivineInfidel:
@snejdarek. So what's the implications of today's vote ? Does it effect you much ?
That depends on the outcome of the following:
1) Czech Republic suit against the European Commission for illegality of the DIrective (government has ordered lawyers to start preparations in January).
2) Whether the proposed amendment to constitution will be passed (it was lodged in January by 36 MPs - a large number - and needs 3/5 of Parliament support to pass).
3) What way will the "Finnish-Swiss militia" exception be implemented in the country. Right now Ministry of Interior as well as Ministry of Defense are fighting among each other who will propose a better way of circumventing the directive through the militia exception.
4) How will the 2017 Czech elections end. Main opposition party (ODS) already pledged not to implement the directive. Gun laws were NEVER politicized issue (not even after the only mass shooting that happened three years ago). Now they will be one of the MAIN election issues, with many hundred thousand voters being single election issue voters.(I would vote for the current president in 2018 if he is the most pro-gun candidate, something I could not imagine admitting just a few weeks ago). The party that is most favored to win was until now quiet on the topic, today several of its members became vocal against the Directive (FYI, this party's Dita Charanzová did amazing job on the Directive as far as it was possible, she is now probably the most known MEP among all EU gun owners).
5) Outcome of Switzerland referendum. There is already movement under way in Switzerland to call referendum that would frustrate implementation of the directive in the country and subsequent departing from a number of bilateral Swiss-EU agreements, among them also Schengen agreement. This would probably put a lot of pressure on the Commission and Council to negotiate special exception for Switzerland as as whole. Czech Republic would not sign on such exception without getting its own (international agreements need to be closed by unanimity, we can't be overvoted).
6) What will the implementation be. We have been since 2003 circumventing existing directive which states that a person must have a "good cause" in order to be eligible for gun license. Here, good cause means ticking a box that says "protection of life, health and property". In most other countries "good cause" means meeting a set of fucked up requirements that usually include one year weekly practice at range (I know this for a fact in Germany, Sweden, and suppose most countries have it this way).
7) Future of Czech Membership EU. If this comes today and we get fucked for refusing to take refugees next month (it is on Commission's agenda), leaving EU will become a real option in this election.
8) Possible terror attack by German terrorists. German secret service is now getting information on 4 new possible Islamic terrorists A DAY. It takes 2 hours to drive to Prague from Dresden, three from Berlin, Munich, Nuremberg. If one of the assholes decides to go on killing spree in Prague instead of Berlin or Munich, we will have borders closed the next morning (we just had large scale police/military exercise on closing border with Poland past week), leaving Schengen the next week, and referendum on EU within 5 months (and I am not exaggerating). I am not saying the referendum would have clear outcome, but it would happen; anyways, this directive would never get implemented.
More details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_Czech_Republic#2015_European_Union_.22Gun_Ban.22_proposal