Gun laws in the Czech Republic in their war for religious freedom against professional well armed and trained Catholic Crusader invaders. The word used for one type of hand held firearm used by the Hussites, , later found its way through German and French into English as the term pistol. Name of a cannon used by the Hussites, the , gave rise to the English term, "howitzer". Under common law tradition, civilians could possess firearms except artillery and insidious weapons (e.g. firearms that had appearance of other objects, etc.). First gun control laws were enacted during the early 18th century and dealt with illegal use of
Name of the Czech Republic the Nazis, who used the term "remaining Czechia" when they annexed the western parts of Czechoslovakia in early 1939. Since the restoration of Czechoslovakia and after the Second World War, the term is in use instead, as suggested by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as German and Austrian linguists. is a term from the 19th century that was originally used for the Czech lands that were part of Austria-Hungary. The Federal Foreign Office uses Tschechien on its official list of countries. Name of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic's official formal and short names at the United