PARTICULARITIES OF PUBLIC POLICY ON FIREARM CIRCULATION IN UKRAINE

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The purpose of the article is to clarify and analyse the key features of public policy on firearm circulation in Ukraine. Results. The state policy on arms circulation in Ukraine is a complex social and legal phenomenon, which in the process of its objectification can be distorted by the subjects of this state policy consciously or unconsciously due to the difficulty of understanding the essence of this phenomenon. However, a critical analysis of the modern features of public policy on firearm circulation in Ukraine allows one to fully understand its essence. The article reveals and comprehensively analyses the system of key particularities of public policy on firearm circulation in Ukraine. The author argues that nowadays the key features of this public policy are: 1) its objective (creating the most favourable conditions for the conduct of relations and processes in firearm circulation in the State which contribute to the enhancement of the legal capacity of citizens to protect their lives and health, in particular, using firearms), tasks (establishing relations and processes in the field of firearm circulation, ensuring the highest possible level of citizens' safety and national security of the State through the proper functioning of the firearm circulation mechanism, etc.) and functions (derived from the functions of the State and of the actors involved in the preparation and implementation of relevant public policy); 2) the special sector of manifestation (in the field of firearm circulation); 3) the constituent actors (covering the different levels of exercise of public power in Ukraine, and primarily, legislative, executive and judicial powers, as well as by civil society actors); 4) the legal and regulatory framework (laws and other legal regulations of the Parliament dealing with firearm circulation, by-laws regulating various aspects of firearm circulation); 5) guiding lines of the implementation of this public policy (determination of the legal regime governing firearms ownership, restrictions on the rights and freedoms of natural and legal persons in the field of firearm circulation, etc.); 6) existence and operation of an administrative and legal mechanism for the development and implementation of appropriate public policy. Conclusions. The conclusions of the article summarize the results of the study and also outline a list of managerial standards that the actors of public policy under study will comply with in order to prevent its distortion and abuse in disregard of its purpose of development and implementation.

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