To set up full-fledged control over weapons, it is necessary that the district police officer have enough time not only for protocols, as well as sitting his pants in the corridors of the magistrates’ courts, but also for communicating with the population at the station. Then a report with a character reference for a person who wants to purchase a weapon will be written not only on the basis of information about convictions and administrative offenses, as well as a single inspection of the place where the weapon is stored, but also on the basis of operational information about the person, which the district police officer will be able to receive constantly if he has there will be time for this.
In the meantime, this proposal looks like shifting the problem from one sick head to another equally sick one. Although, perhaps, the more resourceful Viktor Zolotov asked Bastrykin to make such a statement in order to reduce reputational losses from high-profile incidents in educational institutions in the future…
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The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, after incidents in educational institutions, considered it necessary to return control over the circulation of weapons and ammunition to the Ministry of Internal Affairs from the Russian Guard.
“In connection with a number of high-profile incidents, the Investigative Committee acted…
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