Gun laws and regulations in Russia

Members of public are allowed to own these categories of firearms:

1. Shotguns (and air-rifles from 3 to 25 joules of muzzle power)
2. Rifles (after 5 years long term of owning a shotgun and 5 years long membership in a hunting cooperative)
These two categories mean shoulder guns.

3. "Self-defense weapons" Those are gas pistols and so-called traumatic guns which fire a rubber bullet using a light charge of gunpowder.

No handguns, automatic fire and such.

Licences.
Buying a gun requires obtaining a licence from the police. Anyone starting from 18 years of age can obtain a shotgun or a self-defense weapons licence if he/she meets those criterias:

- not in file as a drug addict/alcoholic
- not in file as mentally ill
- no criminal record
- health certificate
- no certain misdemeanours comitted (such like misuse of firearms)
- that person passed an exam (on legal issues and firearm handling).
- good character report from the neighbourhood police inspector
- a steel gun safe. (very often they require it to be fixed to a wall)

The rifle license requires the same plus 5 years long owning of a hunting smoothbore licence

There are these types of licences:

1. Hunting smoothbore /air powered weapons - this requires joining a hunting cooperative before applying to the police. Hunting cooperatives require an applicant to pass an exam. One with such licence can keep a weapon at home, wear it in hunting/sports grounds and transport it elsewhere. A gun being transported must be unloaded, upholstered, ammo stored separately.

2. Self-defense smoothbore /air powered weapons. One with this licence can keep a weapon at home.

3. Rifle licence. Same as hunting smoothbore weapons' licence carry/storing/transporting regulations plus annual forensic shoot-off.

4. Self-defense weapons. One can carry such a weapon everywhere except certain places.

All the licences must be renewed in 5 years. One can buy up to 5 pieces of weapons of each category. Cold weapons can be bought by hunting licence holders.

Ammo.
Ammo can be bought according to the caliber in your licence. That is a 0.308Win rifle owner cannot buy 30-06 cartridges. Gun dealers log ammo purchases.

Shotgun shells can be legally reloaded (powder is sold by the gun dealers). Rifle cartridges - a legal uncertainity with them, rifle powder cannot be found on sale. However, rifle owners disassemble factory cartridges to get the powder and load imported shells with it and imported bullets :) Those ones are bought mainly in the US web-shops.

There are private security firms.
They can rent (previously could own) handguns from the police. The handguns are limited in muzzle power - 300 J.

If the laws in my country were so strict on civilian firearm possession, I think there would be less shootings. Also there would less to say about Ted Nugent. :lol:

Well, I agree on shootings while, I suppose, you would have more stabbings. In Russia kitchen knives are the most bloody weapon. As well, as criminal attacks would be more successful.

In Russia, we have only the following 2 rules:

1. Every Russian is allowed to have not more than one AK-47 assault rifle.[/*:m:69zdbuk6]
2. Every Russian is allowed to kill not more than one foreigner.[/*:m:69zdbuk6]

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Originally Posted by SAn

In Russia, we have only the following 2 rules:

1. Every Russian is allowed to have not more than one AK-47 assault rifle.[/*:m:2k8krxmy]
2. Every Russian is allowed to kill not more than one foreigner.[/*:m:2k8krxmy]

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Very funny.

We have strong punishment for violation of these rules:

1. If person has more than one AK-47, or more powerful device (like RPG-7), then the weapon is confiscated, and it full cost is taken as a penalty.[/*:m:3rokm9qz]
2. If person killed more than one foreigner, or killed any Russian, than a fine of 10000 rubles is taken, or 10 days of hard public works for every killed person.[/*:m:3rokm9qz]
3. The bears which walking all around the streets are forbidden to kill: you will get imprisonment for life for such a serious crime, because bear is a national symbol of Russia.[/*:m:3rokm9qz]

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Originally Posted by SAn

Every Russian is allowed...

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Every Russian is not allowed.

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Originally Posted by it-ogo

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Originally Posted by SAn

Every Russian is allowed...

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Every Russian is not allowed.

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You are right. Russians are not allowed to have more than one AK-47 assault rifle.

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Originally Posted by Marlow

I know you all are just joking but in seriousness... are AK's legal in Russia?

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No. See the first post.

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Originally Posted by Marlow

I know here in the US we can buy as many as we like (to a reasonable degree, probably 5), and they are quite cheap.

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:shock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TC2xTCb_GU

Ленивец coooooollll!!! :good:

In Massachusetts, USA:
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/educatio ... n_laws.htm

Sling-shots are blow guns are illegal