Originally Posted by MaDalton

that's the amusing part for me here - i read all the time how the country I live in is considered "eastern europe" (with a negative slant), people here called "euro trash" and the overall impression is that here it would be dangerous and backwards.

probably the same people that think Eurotrip and Hostel are documentaries

at the same time no one here would ever even remotely get the idea that one needs a loaded gun in arms reach

and gun laws here are pretty liberal compared to the rest of europe:
Gun politics in the Czech Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

still hardly anyone ever gets one

So I assume Czech people have a death wish and don't care about protecting their families