The remark prompted a flurry of criticism from politicians on social media. "Tasteless jokes about the use of weapons against state representatives only pour fuel on the fire," Interior Minister Milan Chovanec tweeted . MEP Pavel Svoboda posted an image of Sylvester Stallone as Rambo on his Twitter account , asking if Mr Zeman intended to brandish the Kalashnikov himself, or if he planned to hire someone to wield the weapon for him. And the leader of the conservative TOP09 party, Miroslav Kalousek, noted ironically that Mr Zeman's comment was a piece of "truly statesmanlike advice".