Gun licence regulations likely to be changed, Ramjattan says

Seelall Persaud

Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday said that “serious consideration” is being given to changing the rules governing the issuance of firearm licences to prevent a police commissioner from granting him or herself one.

His disclosure comes in wake of the recent revelation that now-retired Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud granted himself a gun dealership licence in keeping with a precedent set by his predecessors.

Ramjattan subsequently ordered Persaud to revoke the licence.

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