The Russian government opposed the free circulation of pistols
The bill is proposed to be attributed to civil arms self-defense firearm rifled short-barreled weapons of domestic production with a muzzle energy of not more than 300 J, giving the right to acquire it to citizens of the Russian Federation who have reached 23-year-old age, on the basis of a license.
However, the use of currently approved types of civilian weapons of self-defense can be assessed as effectively and successfully serving the achievement of the goals of self-defense. At the same time, the technical characteristics of short-barreled weapons cannot serve as a criterion for assessing their greater effectiveness in comparison with the means of self-defense already established by law.
In addition, the situation with offenses committed with the use of firearms of limited destruction (self-defense weapons), including those held by citizens on legal grounds, continues to remain extremely alarming. Over the past five years, more than 2 thousands of crimes and offenses were committed using these weapons, including injuries of varying degrees of severity to more than 500 citizens, about 100 people died from their injuries.
In this regard, the free circulation of rifled short-barreled firearms will have a negative impact on the state of public security in the country, leading to a significant complication of the state of law and order and the growth of crimes committed with its use or to seize it.
At the same time, we consider it necessary to point out that the changes imposing a ban on the use of rifled short-barreled weapons by citizens in self-defense (subparagraph b of paragraph 2 of the draft law) contradict the changes contained in subparagraph a of paragraph 3 of the draft law, according to which the owner of said civilian weapon self-defense bodies of internal affairs issued a permit for its storage and carrying.
Based on the above, the Government of the Russian Federation does not support the submitted draft federal law.
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