Stabroek News: "Alliance For Change (AFC) MP Sheila Holder believes that the time has come for the authorities to stop issuing gun licences to civilians; one sure way of reducing gun violence and putting a dent on the illegal arms trade.
The Member of Parliament said that too often criminals would wrest the guns from their victims during armed robberies and this was only equipping the gunmen with more arms. “The gunmen are using more sophisticated weapons so what is the point of issuing small arms to civilians… Civilians are not trained to protect themselves with guns,” Holder said."
The Member of Parliament said that too often criminals would wrest the guns from their victims during armed robberies and this was only equipping the gunmen with more arms. “The gunmen are using more sophisticated weapons so what is the point of issuing small arms to civilians… Civilians are not trained to protect themselves with guns,” Holder said."
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