Polish flag. File photoWARSAW, June 9. Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak believes that as many citizens of the country as possible should be trained in the use of weapons. «There is no doubt for me that as many people as possible should be trained, they must be able to handle weapons,» Blaszczak said on Polish Radio.
Kyiv and Warsaw will start producing weapons together, he added. this should serve, among other things, «actions to prepare reserves, the introduction in schools of what was once called defense training.» However, the head of the Ministry of Defense noted that the issues of handling weapons «need to be balanced» and «approached reasonably.» «Because we see what is happening in the United States, we hear … that some crazy person used a weapon, killed children at school,» he said. significantly improve the country's defense capability. «If we only handed out weapons, then we would not have the strength that organized military units have,» he said. At present, a bill «On weapons and ammunition» has been submitted to the Polish Sejm. It is intended to simplify the procedure for issuing permits for the possession of firearms and move away from the discretion of the licensing authority. It is assumed that the new law will facilitate access to weapons for law-abiding adults of mentally healthy citizens, and law enforcement officers are even proposed to be exempted from the relevant exams. US Congress approves raising the minimum age for gun purchases
