Gun law in Ukraine
The president and ministers often give guns to members of the elite, while making it hard for ordinary people to obtain them.[4] Limited categories of citizens like People's Deputies of Ukraine, judges, journalists and some others may own trauma pistols that fire rubber bullets.On February 23, 2022, immediately before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and a declaration of a state of emergency the Ukrainian parliament approved a law which gives citizens the right to carry weapons outside their homes for the purpose of self defense.As of February 26, 2022 over 25,000 automatic rifles, 10 million rounds of ammunition and unknown number of RPGs have been handed out to civilians according to Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky.[14] The political parties Svoboda, Right Sector and National Corps have the position that the population should keep and bear arms, as in the United States.