Not everyone should be armed, says Senior

[Dr.Dudd]

Not everyone should be armed, says Senior
Sunday, 03 May 2009
A senior member of the police force has added his voice to the debate on whether more Jamaicans should be granted gun licences.

Superintendent in charge of the St. Catherine South Division, Marlon Nesbeth, says guns oftentimes end up in the wrong hands and have contributed to personal tragedies.

However, Superintendent Nesbeth says Jamaicans should be given the right to be armed to secure their person and property.

"Some persons are of the view that if you arm the general pubic the would be better able to take care of themselves and to an extent, it would have some merit to it but one would have to ask a critical question- arm who?

"Every member of the public can't be allowed licenced firearms because we've seen some of them who've not been properly vetted commit breaches of the law with the same guns. These sometime include family situations," Superintendent Nesbeth said.

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: Not everyone should be armed, says Senior

The same thing use to be said about allowing blacks to learn toread. Allowing them to operate automobiles, aloowing them to use firearms in wars.
what is new here? the only thiong that would be new,is if it wasnbourn out to be true. since all the other cases have been proven anything but true.Ther is no sound reason not to allow citizens, law abiduing citizens to protect themselves the most effective means,whic is licensed firearms.
Of course ther will be misuse and accidents .
but that cannot justify the continued prevention of the majority to live in a peaceful community. every instrument of civilization has come with somedrawback, but which of them would a civilized society withdraw, due to those infractions. as it is the fiorearm is costing much more than couls ever be lost with the removal of those represive policies.

[barosa]

Re: Not everyone should be armed, says Senior

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Not everyone should be armed, says Senior
A senior member of the police force has added his voice to the debate on whether more Jamaicans should be granted gun licences.

Superintendent in charge of the St. Catherine South Division, Marlon Nesbeth, says guns oftentimes end up in the wrong hands and have contributed to personal tragedies.

However, Superintendent Nesbeth says Jamaicans should be given the right to be armed to secure their person and property.

&quot;Some persons are of the view that if you arm the general pubic the would be better able to take care of themselves and to an extent, it would have some merit to it but one would have to ask a critical question- arm who?

&quot;Every member of the public can't be allowed licenced firearms because we've seen some of them who've not been properly vetted commit breaches of the law with the same guns. These sometime include family situations,&quot; Superintendent Nesbeth said.</div></div>
Of course he is right. I've spoken on this matter repeatedly in the past only to be rebuffed by those of opposite persuations. This is what the NRA in the US espouses and would like every person in the &quot;world&quot; (or their world) to own a fire arm. It makes one wonders about the <span style="font-weight: bold">profit motive</span> in the industry and <span style="font-weight: bold">why the saturday night specials came to be.</span>. It would be downright lunacy to arm the general public... How did we ever manage for thousands of years before the Chinese invented Gun Powder and Nobel came up Dynamite?... I guess There were sticks, stones, swords and all manner of armaments but we managed to maintain some civility...

I will say this here and now, it's my belief that those who are pre-disposed to be <span style="font-weight: bold">authoritarian and &quot;think&quot; violence</span> will always have the most GUNS. Ever stop to think why some nations have more NUKES than other nations? it has nothing to do with &quot;fairness&quot; in battle; it has everything to do with mass murder and assured victory! <span style="font-weight: bold">Human Life be damned!</span> ~ The ordinary peace minded citizen with his cheap pi-pi to protect his family and property wont stand a chance against such characters. We already know who will be at a great disadvantage if we in Jamaica are not careful.
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