
Experts analyze the regulations regarding permits for sports weapons and periodic tests. In the background is the tragic outcome of the attack in Krakow.
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On Saturday, on the Main Square in Krakow, a 24-year-old man opened fire on random people, killing several people and also committing a crime in his hometown.
During the review of the regulations, the main focus was on permits for sports weapons. Experts have doubts about, among other things, regulations that do not limit the number of weapons for people with such permits. Another issue is the obligation for people who have weapons permits to undergo cyclical psychological tests.
What about shooting range inspections?
A separate issue is the inspection of shooting ranges announced by the Prime Minister. This is problematic because these facilities are supervised by local governments. It is also not clear what direction these inspections would take and what their effect would be. Similarly, it is unclear what the review of the regulations governing this activity would lead to. There are voices that this may involve, for example, limiting the possibility of conducting combat shooting training.
Four weapons were found in the possession of the perpetrator of the shooting, and even more in the house
According to the information provided on Monday by prosecutor Przemysław Nowak, four weapons were found in the car and on the 24-year-old who committed the attack in Krakow. Including two AR-15 rifles and two pistols, said the spokesman of the National Prosecutor's Office. At least several dozen shots were fired in Krakow, "possibly several hundred."
We know that since March this year he had a firearms permit for one rifle and one pistol, prosecutor Nowak said about the 24-year-old. He noted that for now the prosecutor's office knows that the man only learned static shooting.
For now, we have no data on whether he studied somewhere else. We have data on one shooting range and on such traditional, static shooting training - he said.
Seven weapons were found in the 24-year-old's apartment in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.
The attack in Krakow took place on Saturday on the Main Market Square. A 24-year-old man drove his car onto the market square and then opened fire on random people. Six people were killed and 15 injured, including two policemen. At night of the same day, in the attacker's apartment in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, the police discovered the bodies of his father, mother and sister with gunshot injuries. The perpetrator of the attack in Krakow died in hospital on Monday.
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