You can own & use guns in Russia and even have right for self-defense using whatever means you can (including guns) but to have gun permit you have to pass background check which means no guns for people who have history of use of illegal substances or have mental illness.
I rechecked and it seems that there may be some restrictions on gun types that individual can own but rifles & shotguns can be owned and used for sports, hunting, and for self-defense but this source is from 2012 so the laws may have changed. Here in Europe Russia and many other East European countries are considered countries with more loose gun laws but they're obviously still not the USA which is at its own league.
I am told by Russian friends here that the informal situation is actually pretty well armed, just quietly. There’s nowhere near the amount of pressure from goons looking for excuses to bust good people minding their own business.
You can own & use guns in Russia and even have right for self-defense using whatever means you can (including guns) but to have gun permit you have to pass background check which means no guns for people who have history of use of illegal substances or have mental illness.
Really? I must admit, this is the first time I've heard of this. Can you point us to further information?
I rechecked and it seems that there may be some restrictions on gun types that individual can own but rifles & shotguns can be owned and used for sports, hunting, and for self-defense but this source is from 2012 so the laws may have changed. Here in Europe Russia and many other East European countries are considered countries with more loose gun laws but they're obviously still not the USA which is at its own league.
https://davekopel.org/Russian/russian-federation-arms-laws.pdf
I am told by Russian friends here that the informal situation is actually pretty well armed, just quietly. There’s nowhere near the amount of pressure from goons looking for excuses to bust good people minding their own business.