Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, just returning from his sick leave yesterday requested a review of gun laws, contending that the renewal of gun licences should not be automatic.

On making this declaration the minister was at the time addressing the opening of the National Conference for the Prevention of Interpersonal Violence at the Guyana International Conference Centre at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown.
In his address, the minister announced that he would ask President Donald Ramotar for permission to review gun laws. His comments came against the background of the recent murder-suicide by a businessman who was a licensed firearm holder.
Unlike the United States where citizens enjoy a constitutional right to bear arms, the Home Affairs Minister noted that his ministry should be given the right to decide whether gun licences should be renewed or not.
But even as he made these statements, the minister acknowledged that if licensed guns were to be withdrawn, the obvious question would be whether there would be adequate steps taken by the police to provide public security.
Already, the ministry, through the Firearms Licensing Board, has a say as to whether applicants should be granted licences.