The right to life, and, accordingly, to protect the life of both one’s own and other people, is a fundamental, inalienable right enshrined in the Constitution of Russia, Divine and human law. Is our life worth protecting? And if so, who is responsible for it? The question is not idle or speculative. All of us - legislators, government officials, representatives of public organizations - receive information daily about egregious cases of criminal violence. A person is not protected, a person is deprived of the right to defense, because he is deprived of an effective instrument of self-defense. Should our citizens come to terms with the fact that they do not have to defend themselves from criminal attacks, that they have nothing to rush to the aid of the victim, that they cannot provide the safety of your own children? The answer is simple and obvious. Russians should return the right they historically had, the right to short-barreled firearms. Real weapons.