Firearm laws

Police in the seaside resort town of Loutraki in the Corinthian Gulf have seized firearms and ammunition from the home of a 62-year-old man, who has been arrested.

Israeli gun ownership is low at about 2% of the population – Israelis are also limited in the type of firearms & quantity of ammunition they can own

The serious incident makes a very strong case against those who oppose the constitutional right of private gun ownership

As the individual acquisition of arms is rising in Turkey, with the number of registered and unregistered guns rising tenfold just in the past decade, a change in regulation on the use of firearms raises concerns about a potential increase in the number of deaths.

The dead body of the man, who earlier opened fire at law enforcement officers in a gated community of Novye Veshki near Moscow, was found in his burnt-out house, a law enforcement source told TASS on Tuesday.

"The shooter's body was discovered in his burned-out cottage," the source said.