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The Guyana Police Force hosted a forum yesterday, Tuesday October 13, 2015, at the Tagore Memorial Secondary School, Corentyne, Berbice, where the Commissioner of Police Mr. Seelall Persaud “did say that the Police Force did not expect that criminals using firearms to rob persons as their only means of providing for themselves would turn in the firearms.”
According to the police release, “He also said that, similarly, it was not expected that drug traffickers and persons involved in organized crime and who use firearms to protect their interests would turn in the firearms.
“However, the Commissioner of Police emphasised that the 171 firearms that had been turned in so far can no longer get into the hands of persons with criminal intent, nor can they be used to harm persons in moments of anger by persons who had possession of them.”
The release added “that can no way support a conclusion, as alluded to in the (newspaper) article, that the Firearm Amnesty Programme was a failure.”
The only thing this was successful at is relieving poor Amerindians of their shotguns used for hunting. What are the statistics that say shotguns were used to commit robberies. I can’t believe that in the year 2015, these people still think Guyanese are stupid. Do you honestly think a gun used to commit a crime would be turned in regardless of the no prosecution?
Messed up!!! how can u say its a success if the CoP and Crime Chief saying that nun of the Guns were used in Crimes before!!!! This is a cover up or the kockeye man cook-up he normal scampishness by having the ppl turning in guns from old police arsenals….
Think about it Guyana…. u will realize the fool these ppl think we are…