"In Ukraine a license is required to own firearms.
If a citizen is:
21 years of age (18 if the license is for hunting)
has no criminal record
has no history of domestic violence
has no mental illness or history of mental illness
has good reason (target shooting, hunting, collection)
...then that person may be issued a license.
Once a license is issued, all guns must be kept unloaded and in a safe. If a person owns more than three firearms, the safe must have an alarm on it. Citizens are permitted to own non-fully automatic rifles and shotguns as long as they are stored properly when not in use.
Handguns are illegal except for target shooting and those who hold concealed carry permits. Handguns are only allowed in .22, 9mm, .357mag and .38 calibre. Concealed carry licenses are available, but are not normally issued unless a threat to life is present and can be proven."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation#Ukraine
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Now it's a question of who's on the list of firearm owners.
If the Russians take over more of Ukraine, it would make sense for them to use the list of non Russian speaking gun owners to confiscate their weapons.
A relatively unarmed population is much easier to control.
Relatively unarmed nations are much easier to invade.
Being listed by the government with owning a gun appears to be much more risky than not having your name on a list.
The Ukrainian people have very little ability to defend themselves unless their government provides the means.
The Ukrainian government looks unprepared, underfunded and organizationally compromised.
Ukraine has made itself low hanging fruit for Russia.
2 comments:
Interesting, George. I'm not sure about the specifics of the guns you feel should be permitted. Why not a .45 revolver, for example, but I agree with your general principals here and you correlation to the Ukrainian people defending themselves. Although, I think that having the Crimea fall to Russia is a foregone conclusion. History, ethnicity, and the Russian southern fleet base make that inevitable.
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