Fri Mar 17, 2006
Senator says Jamaicans should have easier access to guns
Opposition Senator Prudence Kidd-Deans has repeated a call by her parliamentary colleague Delroy Chuck for private citizens to have the right to bear arms.
Senator Kidd-Deans made the call Friday morning while making her contribution to the State of the Nation Debate.
Senator Kidd-Deans called on the government to remove the bureaucracy to enable law abiding Jamaicans to be granted firearm licenses.
She also repeated a proposal from her colleague Senator Arthur Williams for the establishment of a firearms registry to track the owners.
Senator Kidd Deans conceded that owning a licensed firearm may not stop a person from being attacked but she argued that it would serve as a deterrent.
And she chided her colleagues for what she called their hypocrisy.
Senator Kidd-Deans noted that many of her parliamentary colleagues carry firearms and have security detail while private law abiding citizens are left to the mercy of criminals.
She argued that each citizen has a right to defend themselves against criminals.
The government has repeatedly said no to calls for the restrictions to be eased to allow persons easy access to firearms licences
Senator says Jamaicans should have easier access to guns
Opposition Senator Prudence Kidd-Deans has repeated a call by her parliamentary colleague Delroy Chuck for private citizens to have the right to bear arms.
Senator Kidd-Deans made the call Friday morning while making her contribution to the State of the Nation Debate.
Senator Kidd-Deans called on the government to remove the bureaucracy to enable law abiding Jamaicans to be granted firearm licenses.
She also repeated a proposal from her colleague Senator Arthur Williams for the establishment of a firearms registry to track the owners.
Senator Kidd Deans conceded that owning a licensed firearm may not stop a person from being attacked but she argued that it would serve as a deterrent.
And she chided her colleagues for what she called their hypocrisy.
Senator Kidd-Deans noted that many of her parliamentary colleagues carry firearms and have security detail while private law abiding citizens are left to the mercy of criminals.
She argued that each citizen has a right to defend themselves against criminals.
The government has repeatedly said no to calls for the restrictions to be eased to allow persons easy access to firearms licences
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