TriniTuner.com | Latest Event:
Moderator: 3ne2nr Mods
Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams says air rifles are now becoming just as big a threat as illegal firearms on this country’s streets.
He made the comment before yesterday’s Joint Select Committee meeting in Parliament, as he said air rifles, which are just as dangerous due to their sophistication, were also being purchased in high numbers because one does not require a firearm licence to operate them.
The meeting focused on the processes relating to the procurement, registration, retrieval and shortage of firearms.
Expressing his concern regarding air rifles, Williams said all one needed was a certificate of character and an application to obtain an air rifle and called for legislation to be reviewed. He said such weapons had the capability “way beyond” that of a pellet gun.
“There are numerous shops selling air rifles and you would be shocked by the level of sophistication of those air rifles ... the shape will challenge you. You will believe it is definitely not an air rifle.
“The air rifles of today are just as deadly as pistols and those air rifles are being purchased at a rapid rate,” Williams said.
88sins wrote:hong kong phooey wrote:i am probably wrong in my thinking and i hope i am wrong, but petetions will not work with this government
you need to speak to a financier of the party in charge to support your cause or u just pissing into the wind.
the government is quick to change laws to suite them and the people who sponsor them . rest will suffer.
well you are right
in that you are wrong
Petitions do work, but in T&T a petition alone cannot do everything. There's a need to the reach out to the relevant authorities including the politicians & make them aware of what people want & why, as well as provide evidence of why you need a solution to what you propose to have fixed. & they in turn have to say if they will go forward & remedy the situation or not, as well as provide a valid & justifiable reason if they do not.
in short, nothing ventured nothing gained
pugboy wrote:I believe air handguns were outlawed by the cop a while back when bandits started using them to rob shops
But it is surely easier to get a real gun than an airgun nowadays
*KRONIK* wrote:pugboy wrote:I believe air handguns were outlawed by the cop a while back when bandits started using them to rob shops
But it is surely easier to get a real gun than an airgun nowadays
pugboy wrote:yeah, it was the CoP who issued the ban, not a law passed in parliament
the whole system of a single man/dept with nobody to answer to is ridiculous
granting permission via a little personal letter is absurd,
but they prefer it that way though, more bobol and no tracks to cover
somebody should go into one of those shops and do a secret tape recording of how they can get a license for a fee
Trinidad Express 22 February 2017
Incompetence over the air rifle issue .
I have always given the Commissioner of Police the benefit of the doubt,when everyone else is calling on him to resign, but that has changed with his last utterances .
Imagine the CoP want to amend the Firearms Act fo as the limit the acquisition of 0.177 air rifles by the public . According to the commissioner a modern air rifle is as deadly as a pistol. I am wondering which planet this commissioner lives on . Because in my 40 plus years of living , I have never heard of one person killed with and air rifle. I am sure the commissioner can furnish us with this data. Also I ahve never heard ( I'm sure there could be on or two cases) any one being held up with an air rifle.
I know they stopped the supply or air pistols, because they resemble a handgun so much and criminals may have used these in robberies. Mr. Commissioner , it's the law-abiding citizens who acquire air rifles , if not to hunt at least as a security measure to feel asense of comfort against criminals armed with Tech 9s ,Ak47s and Glock 18s , not to mention the proliferation of hand guns with deadly hollow point ammunition.
It's funny that just today , I called a foreign manufacturer of air rifles and they told me nobody makes smooth bore and you must order at least ten units. Only backward Trinidad and Tobago uses smooth bore.
Further to acquire a .22 air rifle you must have a Firearm Users Licence . Talk about absurdity. But our brilliant commissioner goes on national TV and want to make the process of acquire and air rifle as complicated and frustrating as obtaining a licence.
I remember the case of a Chinese woman , who can't speak a word of English , but was granted a licence and was charged later for have one round more than the licence permitted .
Lord please deliver us from these incompetent leaders.
Elaine Peters
Marabella
