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By PETER MIVA NO LAW in the country can stop the production of home-made firearms, and this will continue to be an impediment to the fight against crime in the country, says Lae metropolitan commander Chief Supt Nema Mondiai. He was responding to questions about the illegal production of home-made guns used by criminals and the police attempts to counter it. “There is nothing much the police could do about stopping people from making their own guns,” he said. Mr Mondiai said recent discussions in the gun control summit in Goroka outlined some ways of controlling and regulating firearms ownership, but there seemed to be no way of controlling how they are made and by whom. He said there are countless home-made firearms in the hands of unknown persons throughout the country. “Police cannot do much but continue to do their best to fight crime by trying to reduce the number of instances where youths and other criminals use home-made guns to commit various crimes,” Mr Mondiai said. He said it was logistically impossible for police to physically go into the communities and search every home for home-made firearms and to arrest their owners. Mr Mondiai said police can only warn people to exercise caution to prevent themselves from armed robberies, rapes and other crimes. He also raised concern about the security firms equipping themselves heavily with firearms. Mr Mondiai said security firms around the country must provide better training for their guards to professionally handle firearms. “It is dangerous for any person to handle a firearm without knowing how to use it,” Mr Mondiai said. |
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