Pj
1k posts, incept 2009-12-07
2014-02-23 15:41:30
Reading up on Ukrainian gun laws it looks like they're somewhat permissive with handgun possession and rifles:
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Guns in Ukraine
Ukraine is home to an estimated ten million state- and civilian-owned firearms,1 2 yet lacks cohesive gun laws. The nation inherited vast quantities of Soviet-era small arms and ammunition, and is a known source of weapons to regions of conflict and human rights abuse.3 4 Official secrecy makes allegations of widespread arms trafficking, state-sanctioned or otherwise, difficult to allay. In a Transparency Barometer of the worlds 40 largest arms-dealing nations, Ukraine ranks 36th.
Civilian Possession
Estimates of the number of guns in private hands range from 2.2 to 6.3 million. These suggest a median rate of 6.6 firearms per 100 people, although the higher figure would yield a rate of 13 per 100. In 2005, Ukraine ranked 84th in the world for the number of civilian firearms per capita.5 2
In response to a United Nations study, Ukraines Ministry of Internal Affairs reported a national total of 722,739 registered civilian firearms in 1997.6 This leaves uncounted a national stockpile of 1.5 million to 5.5 million undocumented, illicit small arms.
The average asking price for an AK-47 assault rifle in the Ukraine rose from US$250 in 1991-95, to US$350 in 2001-05.7
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region....My guess is AK's are not permitted, but available nonetheless.
I am very curious to find out what, if any, impact guns in the hands of civilians had to do with this change of gov't.
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