Last weekend, two people died after a shooting during a family feud in Crete.
The incident has received a lot of attention and has now led the government to outline new proposals for tougher gun laws. Michalis Chrisochoidis, the minister responsible for citizen security, says that possession of illegal weapons will be placed on a higher penalty scale and that the crime could result in up to ten years in prison.
In addition, Greece will review gun licenses and, according to the German DPA, a ban will be introduced on firing weapons into the air at weddings and other celebrations. As recently as October, a 52-year-old man died in Crete after volleys of gunfire were fired during a celebration.
The proposals are expected to be adopted by parliament shortly.
After the shooting in the village of Vorizia, the authorities will also send 200 police officers to Crete for a permanent mission to combat violence and widespread arms smuggling.
Several people have been arrested after the shootings last weekend, but police have not yet found all the weapons believed to have been used. The two dead, a man and a woman, belonged to two different families who are feuding with each other.
