Hahaha
It seems you have been with some tesla drivin libs , every east european country has magnitudes more idea to ''concept of armed self defense'' than any western nation including US and i mean magnitudes, if anything commies molded that in , with kids in school practicing shooting , everyone conscripted ,and all sort of shit to make cannon foder for total war. Since 2022 that got revived and turbocharged , Everyone of them has active reservist associations training thousands
But yes true what you said in regards to them being depended of Nato and US
In US you have many guns and folks with guns , but 95% have no concept beyond personal self defense which is not even remotely useful in fighting a war. If nothing else, the percentage of the population that went trough basic miltary training which is kinda low bar but still higher than just owning a glock .
Things they need to learn fast is that US and NATO might not be behind them so might need adjust their attitudes on whom and how much they might want to aggravate. Their politicians run an extremely hawkish line(Lindsey Graham is a super dove in comparison) on Russia ,China ,xyz that they can not back up with anything.
US ,NATO being the gate. And gate opening is what is now happening.