This is going to upset the anti-gun movement........ or maybe not.

Ukrainian President Zelensky has issued a call to arms and is giving actual assault weapons to any Ukrainian citizen who willing to take up arms in defense of the country against the Russian incursion. What is most interesting is the reaction of, traditionally, anti-gun organizations who all of a sudden are in support of civilian ownership of what they have stated no American should have.

P.A.N. Firearms, LLC
https://panfirearmsllc.com/

YouTube: NY Times: How Ukraine Is Training Civilians for Conflict With Russia | NYT News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkSsC6aCFbU

Breitbart.com: A Well-Regulated Militia… Ukraine Gives Guns to Citizens ‘To Defend Our Country’
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/02/24/a-well-regulated-militia-ukraine-gives-guns-to-citizens-to-defend-our-country/

Clarion News: Occupy Democrats are big supporters of a heavily armed citizenry… in Ukraine
https://clarion.causeaction.com/2022/02/25/occupy-democrats-are-big-supporters-of-a-heavily-armed-citizenry-in-ukraine/
(The Twitchy article has a broken link, this is an alternate source with the same information)

Daily Caller.com: ‘We Will Give Weapons To Anyone’: Ukrainian President Issues Defiant Call To Arms
https://dailycaller.com/2022/02/24/volodomyr-zelensky-russia-ukraine-putin-war/

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