Where have I heard that before? Oh, yes...
Posted on 10/26/2018 11:06:35 AM PDT by Simon Green
The Russian President on Thursday said the country was in dangerous times and needed to step up gun regulations for public safety.
While attending a ceremony to promote senior military officers and state prosecutors, Vladimir Putin said that the Rosgvard, the federal national guard service — a force established two years ago to combat terrorism and organized crime — will have to get tougher when it comes to guns.
“You must promptly suppress any violation of public order,” said the Russian strongman. “Please note that it is necessary to significantly improve gun control. I expect from you concrete proposals, including regarding the legal framework.”
Putin’s remarks came just days after lawmakers in the upper house of the Russian parliament stressed there was a need to strengthen regulations on guns and ammunition in the country in the aftermath of a mass shooting at a school in the Crimea that left 20 dead. The perpetrator in the shooting was an 18-year-old college student who legally purchased a pump-action shotgun the month prior to the event.
Russia already has strong controls on legal firearms, mandating that rifles and shotguns — handguns are illegal for the public to own — be registered to licensed gun owners who must submit to a series of background and medical checks that have to be renewed every five years. Besides a gun registry, it is mandated that rifle owners submit test rounds to a central cartridge registry as well.
Additionally, there are regulations on the number of guns that can be owned, where they can be shot, how guns are stored, and requirements for gun owners to pass regular tests on firearm laws and safety.
Putin really is bringing back the USSR.
How sad.
Commies have only one sheet of music.
The USSR banned all firearms whatsoever, correct? I assume that includes hunting rifles.
When it collapsed, did the Russian Federation suddenly open up private gun ownership?
Ahh - there’s the socialist I know and love.
Trying to pander to the Democrats again?
Authoritarians and tyrants always favor gun control.
Where have I heard that before? Oh, yes...
That was close!!
For a second I thought it said “Gam” control!
I’ve read stories of hunters in rural areas of the USSR being allowed bolt action rifles and double-barreled shotguns for hunting. Presumably with lots of paperwork....So they weren’t quite banned completely at that time.
Reopening the Gulags is next.
Putin is essentially a slum lord. Russia is the cinderblock government ‘project’ of nations, riddled with crime, alcoholism, drug abuse, suicide, and HIV, that makes the U.S. look squeaky clean by comparison.
I always knew Putin was a Democrat.
Aha! I figured there’d be a pic of david “wart” hogg in this thread. U didn’t disappoint.
Additionally, there are regulations on the number of guns that can be owned, where they can be shot, how guns are stored, and requirements for gun owners to pass regular tests on firearm laws and safety.
Well crap - not much further they can go short of an outright ban on ownership...
And also illustrates that no matter WHAT the bureaucrats do, crazies are going to get them, and use them.
But, but, but the 2nd ame............ Oh, russkies.
Well put.
Actually there is a vast black market in guns all over Russia especially since WWII when the land was practically littered with leftover small arms. Some take bizarre form like Mosin-Nagant rifles cut down into long pistols. The vast Russian interior contains thousands upon thousands of `black guns’ which means illegal, not the finish.
If Putin ever attempted to round up unregistered guns in Russia there would be chaos & insurrection. Police would have to say goodbye to their families every single day. Russians relish personal combat in a way we cannot even imagine.
He sounds like a Democrat.
Putin = Deep State Extraordinaire
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