New Russian Gun Laws to Allow Citizens to Carry Concealed Firearms

By Christina Sterbenz and Elena Holodny

After a change to national gun law on Tuesday, Russians can now carry certain guns in public for the purposes of “self-defense.” The new policy allows the use of weapons to “protect their lives, health and property” but not against “women, disabled persons, and minors, unless they attacked you with a group and arms,” according to an analysis by Russian media site Arguments and Facts. Image credit: premier.gov.ru [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

These weapons include “long-barreled weapons, pistols, revolvers, ‘home-made tubeless firearm units’ with cartridges, bullets and ammunition; gas pistols and revolvers, electric shock devices, devices equipped with tear gas, and home-made spark gaps,” according to the state-owned TASS news agency.

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