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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Friday, December 22nd, 2023. This is the

excerpt.

Today, the latest after a deadly mass shooting in Prague,

plus Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy,

and we look at Nicki Haley struggles with female voters.

A student opened fire in a university building yesterday in downtown Prague,

killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 20.

Authorities said it was the Czech Republic's worst ever mass

shooting. The suspect who has not been named is dead. Police posted on social

media that they had no information to indicate the shooter was connected to a terrorist organization or that he

had an accomplice. Police are investigating whether an elderly man killed earlier yesterday was

the suspected shooter's father. Prague's police chief said the shooter was a legal was the

legal gun owner without a criminal past who appeared to have a large

arsenal of weapons at home.

By European standards, gun laws in the Czech Republic are relatively lenient, according to a Washington Post report last year,

though they're still stricter than in the US. The Czech Republic allows people to carry concealed weapons for self-defense, but with certain

prerequisites, including a background check, health clearance, and a test on safety legislation

and the criminal code, according to the Post report.

Before yesterday, the country's worst mass shooting was criminal code, according to the post report.

Before yesterday, the country's worst mass shooting was in 2015, when a gunman killed

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