The interior Ministry proposes to introduce into the national legislation fixes, allowing easy to implement, modify and present melee weapons.
At the moment the turnover of such weapons in Russia is limited: for sale require a special licence, which MIA issues exclusively shopping malls.
The Ministry of internal Affairs proposes to amend article 222 of the Criminal code "Illegal arms trafficking". "According to law "About weapons", the purchase of Antiques bladed weapons executed without specialized permissions and implemented solely on the basis of licenses. Existing legal collision does not permit holders Antiques to sell it or present", - has told Izvestia informants engaged in the research project.
According to the proposal of the authors of the amendments, cold arms having cultural value, will be allocated in special group. The Ministry of internal Affairs suggests to specify in criminal article melee weapons, which is the "most dangerous and specific kind of use. Therefore, criminal liability will face only for illegal trafficking of such weapons. All other weapons, even antique and cultural heritage sites, you will be relaxed to sell, exchange and present.
Experts are skeptical about the amendments of the interior Ministry, believing key definitions are excessively vague, and offer another option: full cancellation of licenses of cold steel. With all this to consider rare blades as weapons as they say impossible, to convince professionals and bring in proof of corrections to the law "About the weapon", which started to operate in 2012. According to the document, antique blades are not considered to be weapons, and therefore to classify them as weapons and to single out some kinds impossible. The vagueness of the wording of internal Affairs may lead to abuse.
The interior Ministry furthermore offered not to hurry with criticism. "It is solely the draft law, offered for public consideration to the natives themselves were able to construct their opinion on the topic. So talking about how to define a type of cold weapons of war and what will be the mechanism of the law, it is too early", - stated in the Department of public relations of the interior Ministry.
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