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
Czech word order Speakers choose the word order according to the communication aim and the emotional state. That principle is called functional sentence perspective. Basic word order is SVO (subject – verb – object) in Czech sentences. It is used in neutral messages: Definite and indefinite articles are not used in Czech. A sentence usually begins with facts, already known from a preceding sentence or context (theme). New and important facts (rheme) are usually placed in the final position: The new facts can be emphasized by their initial place in emotive messages: The subject may be omitted in a Czech sentence if it