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Inside Europe: Latvian hunting laws

Gederts Gelzis
March 14, 2019

Latvia is about to introduce the EU directive on firearms which tightens gun control in Europe after it suffered a number of terrorist attacks in recent years. The country's lawmakers are in fact keen to soften its own national laws on the use of firearms. They want to allow sixteen-year-olds to use shotguns in hunting. But as Gederts Gelzis reports from Riga, there are many who oppose the idea.

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