What's the state of this? I think I recall seeing that you can have an assault rifle if it's a gift. Dunno about handguns but I'm assuming at most it would just be rubber bullets. Fine for my purposes I guess.
I'm a night a owl and it seems ~once/yr a group of drunk young males go in on me. It's not intense like my experiences in the States, but the frequency seems waaaay more (though the stats don't seem to back that up). Drunken young males, mob mentality, afflicted w/ low IQs and not yet fully developed brains (since that happens ~mid 20's). Just seems more like a hobby for a lot of guys, not some do or die sh!t. Regardless, ofc it still sucks to get jumped.
And even though I've never been much of a gun guy...would rather just flash the cold steel, smile and keep walkin'. More or less just a basic accessory for when you slip out at midnight for a snack or whatever. Anyone up to date on the legislation? I see that you can't have a criminal record, but are all crimes considered? I have various petty crimes from when I myself was ~17-19 but after that, nothing. Normalcy commenced and came out of it more seasoned/reflective/well-rounded. Personally I can say that I got fighting for the sake of entertainment out of my system by age...8 or so, and anything beyond that was just self defense...
And furthermore, why is it so common that groups of drunk guys are outside at night screaming like animals? WTF even is that? I just speak survival Russian, so what I hear is particularly incomprehensible. But can't say I recall (white) western guys in western countries just hanging out and yelling utter drivel for hours on end. At least not like here...srsly sometimes it's just like..."WTF even are you, man?" Did we decide to opt out of being human, or what? Getting the drunk guys to just shut up outside in general might well be a decent payoff if the only expense were to endure the periodic street run-in. Even dogs & feral cats are just shrieking away in agony in the long nights of winter mths, like it's some sort of dystopic horror film. Who is mimicking who here?
And anecdotally speaking, I've noticed it to increase ~this time of yr. The drunken street violence, the mega brawls, the yelling, etc. etc. Sub zero temps, global pandemic, whatever. They'll still be out there ad nauseam. Can practically set your watch/calendar to it. And w/o fail it'll be males in mid teens to early 20's. You look for any sign of intelligence in their eyes but you see nothing at all. As if it's totally devoid of even possessing an essence or soul. And neither party understands the other. And they just attack and keep yelling in Russian as if they could be understood. Why are you speaking at all...
And one observation I've made (in general, not just when I'm involved)...these guys will generally be decidedly average in their physiques. Not physically alpha in the least. Such pattern recognition is simple when you're witnessing the larger drunken 4am street brawls from your porch and what not. So I'm to assume that the behavior is to feel masculine due to lack of sex, lack of being tall/muscular/etc. And in these conditions--being in some "crew"--they can behave fearlessly and their egos can be appeased. Regardless you're getting jumped, man.
Anyway, yeah, just had it happen again. But yeah, guns/expats/UA. Happy holidays