NBC's Today show touted tight restrictions on guns in Serbia after two mass shootings, claiming that unlike in America, it "wasn't that difficult" to accomplish.
"I think a lot of Americans will be particularly interested in this story," NBC chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said Monday on the Today show. "Outrage became action. Tens of thousands demanded not just tighter gun controls, but a reorientation of society away from violence, a reaction against armed rage,""I would say to them safeguard your democracy, if you still have it, and mobilize and act," a Serbian parent told Engel when asked what his message to Americans would be.
"Now all existing gun permits are under review," Engel said."All sales of new guns of any type are banned for two years. Gun owners must submit to in-person psychological and background checks. And owning an illegal gun is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Many Serbs are deciding being armed isn’t worth the risk or hassle and are turning in their guns voluntarily."