Oleg Vyshniakov - Ukraine and Israel. Welcome weapon?

Friends, today I would like to touch upon the topic of weapon free sale legalization. In Israel and a range of other countries possession of a firearm is allowed, whereas in Ukraine it is forbidden. The question of enshrinement in the law the right of citizens to possess weapon is as relevant as ever.
On my opinion there could be no unambiguous answer to this question.

Let’s take a view of the situation in Eastern Europe countries, the Baltics and Israel where weapon is legalized. Amount of gun crime there is minimized, because possessing weapon doesn’t mean shooting the first person you meet. Moreover legal weapons acquisition needs registration and thus it is easy to monitor.

Of course weapon legalization is quite a risk, especially in this corrupt country where all medical certificates and commissions will be just a formality. On the other hand there is war in Ukraine. One in two soldiers is coming back with “loots” and we all see the consequences of careless handling of it in daily news.

Currently on the web-site of Ukrainian president the petition on assertion of citizens’ right to defense has already collected more than 25 thousand signatures. Petro Poroshenko considered it and ordered Volodymyr Groysman, the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian Parliament), to create working group for discussing of the issue. We will see what it will result in, but one thing is clear: situation in the country is, say the least, unstable. To give people possibility to protect themselves on my opinion is correct. Discussions on the issue that such legalization will help to equip criminals are unserious one, because they always will be the clients of black market, where you can buy everything if you have money.

In Israel, the country where guns are legal, and there are ongoing conflicts, there is a wonderful saying: " Try to fire a pistol on the street, they will answer you with an automatic rifle ." The authorities are not able to provide everyone with a policeman. We should learn to protect ourselves. They say that "God created human beings, and Colonel Colt equated their rights".

There is a lot of weapon in Ukraine and it always will be so. The only question is who will control its sales: State or black-market dealers.