Shotgun, 9mm pistol recovered on day 2 of gun-amnesty

ONE shotgun and a 9mm pistol were among the main items recovered on day 2 of the Government-run firearm amnesty programme. The two weapons were handed over at police stations in Georgetown at
two separate locations. In addition to the weapons nine matching 9mm rounds and a magazine were also recovered.

However, it was a slow gun-amnesty day as persons countrywide appeared slothful in handing over illegal arms, ammunition and explosives to the police or religious leaders. This is in contrast to the first day when 1,000-odd rounds of AK-47 ammunition were turned in at the Alberttown Police Station.

However, over the river in the police ‘D’ Division, someone turned in an empty 9mm pistol magazine and a pair of handcuffs.

That being done, no other police division recoded any handing over of arms or ammunition as part of the programme which has left the police in “A” Division to record the most submissions since the programme started on September 1.
By late yesterday afternoon, there were no other submissions of any weapons, ammunition or other arms by members of the public.

There has been much talk about the arms and ammunition amnesty which was put forward by President Granger and the government and which is being piloted by the Guyana Police Force along with its partners, especially the religious organisations.

While members of the public are giving mixed reactions on the success of the programme, the police are confident that the system will work to some extent in bringing some illegal weapons off the streets.
The move is being touted as one of several measures that the Government will implement to rid the streets of illegal arms and ammunition and to also reduce the level and instances of gun violence.

Already the People’s Progressive Party /Civic is on record as saying that the programme will not be effective and that it will fail. Former Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee told a news conference on Monday that the same persons who were advising the then PPP Administration against going forward with a gun amnesty are the people who are encouraging the current Government to move forward with the programme. The amnesty period runs from September 1 to September 30.

 

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