The Ministry of Internal Affairs is preparing changes to the legislation allowing Ukrainians to freely buy pistols from next year, said Viktor Andrusiv, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs..

“Ukrainians gave an unambiguous answer about the permission for the free possession of weapons. 70% of respondents supported the right to wear it freely. The ministry agrees with the decision of the Ukrainians, and changes are already being prepared for the second reading of the bill,” he wrote on Telegram..

Andrusiv stressed that we are talking about short-barreled weapons, not machine guns or grenade launchers.. According to him, the relevant legislation will be adopted during the summer-autumn, after which the relevant weapon registries will be created and launched..

“Perhaps, additional decisions will be made so that we can maintain control over the circulation of weapons: check whose it is, how the registration process will take place, during what periods the owner of the weapon must undergo checks,” he concluded..

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Recall, on February 23, the Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading the bill " However, the document left for civilian weapons exclusively the niche of hunting and sports tools..

There is no consensus in Ukrainian society on this issue.. However, with the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, the public demand for possession of weapons for self-defense increased..