Per wikipedia: "It was intended as a survival aid to be used after landings and before recovery in the Siberian wilderness."
Why is banning them worth celebrating?
Why is banning them worth celebrating?
There is something about it just so frustrating in his writing, he's so proud to have been a pest about it; the author is an American and NASA doesn't want images of cosmonauts with guns, cool. That's as far as that should have ever gone.
But don't impose your qualms on your Russian colleagues. Seriously? They were reunited with the earth with the intent to survive in less than ideal conditions, after being in SPACE of all places. Come on.
I don't think we should rejoice in limiting their ability to protect themselves from something that may kill them.
For what purpose though? It would make absolutely no sense whatsoever to fire a gun in a spacecraft. Firing a gun on an EVA would run into two main issues. One, the gun is likely to jam or not even work - metal has a tendency to spontaneously weld in the heat and vacuum of space. Two, orbital mechanics means that hitting a target is not as easy as pointing and shooting. The bullet won't simply go in a straight line, and the person firing it is going to get knocked back and probably lose control.
Would the gun be smart to use inside a space craft? No. Would the gun work as intended inside a space craft? No. Could it possible cause damage that would kill everyone inside? Maybe.
Would it work as a tool to control others regardless? Yes.
It seems like you're being willfully naive or are just pro guns everywhere. Even space.
Hoplophobia: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hoplophobia
Which is to say: it’s not worth celebrating, but someone afflicted with hoplophobia might think that it is.