Fuad Khan wants gun licences for private citizens

There he complained of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s rejection of his suggestion at a recent sitting of the House of Representatives.

He said it was obvious that the Commissioner of Police was overwhelmed by the thousands of applications for firearms licences waiting to be processed and was in need of assistance.

“It was therefore surprising to hear Dr Rowley deride this suggestion, instead proposing that the Commissioner of Police continue to restrict the number of licensed firearm users in our country, as if to suggest that they were in any way responsible for the absurd death toll under his watch.

Because to date, there has been no evidence to suggest that criminals require registered firearms to commit their transgressions. In fact, while the PNM administration is hellbent on prohibiting law-abiding citizens the ability to own firearms, those who are using them to cause harm to others are capable of amassing their illegal weapons with relative ease.” Khan accused Rowley of “essentially issuing a death sentence” on citizens by not allowing more citizens to own a gun to protect themselves.

He said government officials had armed security guards paid for by taxpayers, and accused them of not valuing the lives of those who elected them to office as much as they value their own lives.