According to the prosecutor, the presence of legal weapons among the population would be able to raise the level of self-defense, which, in turn, will lead to a reduction in crime rate.
Of course, it is up to Ukrainians to decide if they should carry weapons or should not. It is well known that today there is a large quantity of weapons in illegal trafficking in Ukraine. At the same time we can more often hear about road accidents committed by drunk drivers than about killed or wounded in shooting.
I want to share the statistics of the countries, where it has long been permitted to use weapons. First of all, of course, it is Israel: one of the main differences between Ukraine and Israel that with every escalation of a military conflict Israelis simplify the procedure of obtaining weapons. At the same time the crime rate continues to decline. The basis for issuing a permit to carry a handgun in Israel will be the fact that you live or work in an areas associated with risk. In addition, any person who has served in army may submit an application for obtaining weapons. In Israel, vigilantes-volunteers who guard residential areas, police, and private security officers are armed.
According to the density of armed people Israel comes first in the world that does not prevent it to be a country with one of the lowest crime rates. In Israel, there are 330 policemen per 100 thousand of population, in Ukraine there were 397 in 2015. The two countries are at war, but the crime rate in Ukraine is objectively higher.
Why do not insolent teenagers walk with guns on the streets here? Because there is a sincere intolerance of any manifestation of aggression in a society. Israelis are great patriots, but this fact does not prevent them from criticizing the government or the prices in the shops. But no one will argue with a policeman who stops for checking, nobody will shout threats on the street: for such actions you can get 4 months of arrest. Thus, citizens themselves are the regulators of social behavior.
As for other countries, let us take Moldova as an example. After the permit to carry small-weapons, the crime rate was reduced by half there. In Estonia, carrying of short arms has been legal since 1992: until 2000 criminality declined by 80%. In Poland it is minus 34%, in Slovenia it is minus 50%. Thus criminal world has not disappeared, but legal weapons are rarely used in such crimes.
Over the past two years crime rate grew drastically in Ukraine. But if there is a chance to defend oneself “being armed” with work of security services, how should we protect ourselves in the regional centers or villages? I think that Ukrainians have the right to choose how to protect themselves, their family and country.
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