The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation wants to ban all types of signal weapons in Russia, except pistols. The agency sent a letter with the relevant initiative to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, RIA Novosti reported on December 10.
"It is proposed to amend Article 6 of the Federal Law "On Weapons" in order to avoid the appearance of signal submachine guns, rifles and machine guns on sale, by establishing a ban on the circulation of signal weapons on the territory of the Russian Federation, with the exception of signal pistols, revolvers," the document says.
It is also emphasized that to date, Russian weapons laws do not regulate which types of signal weapons can be allowed to be circulated in the country. Also, there are no restrictions on its caliber.
On December 8, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation proposed to change the legislation on weapons in some articles. In particular, the agency wants to get the authority to study cartridges for civilian and service weapons.
"It is proposed to amend Article 7 of the Federal Law "On Weapons", giving the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia the authority to conduct expert studies and issue an opinion on the compliance of cartridges for civilian and service weapons with criminalistic requirements," the letter reads.
Currently, the law does not have a fixed structure for checking cartridges for compliance with forensic requirements. The proposed changes will fix this, according to the Interior Ministry.
On June 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law raising the age of purchase of hunting and firearms smoothbore long-barreled self-defense weapons from 18 to 21 years. The document also introduces additional grounds for refusing to issue licenses for the purchase of weapons.
In the same month, the State Duma in the third, final reading adopted a law on strengthening state control over the circulation of weapons.
