The promised draconian penalties for illegal possession and carrying of weapons will not be that harsh after all.

After the Ministry of Justice received more than 150 suggestions on the Draft Criminal Code during a public debate, mostly from hunting and shooting clubs, that the proposed penalties were too harsh, the Ministry of Justice decided to partially reduce them.

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The draconian penalties for illegal possession and carrying of weapons, which the government promised after the Cetinje massacre when 13 people were killed, will not be as harsh.

After the Ministry of Justice received more than 150 suggestions on the Draft Criminal Code during a public debate, mostly from hunting and shooting clubs, that the proposed penalties were too harsh, the justice department decided to partially reduce them.

Also, although Prime Minister Milojko Spajić promised that judges would not be able to impose sentences below the legal minimum for weapons, even the Supreme Prosecutor's Office pointed out the unconstitutionality of such a solution, and it was somewhat abandoned.

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