Illegal Firearms: Reps move to tighten gun control laws

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The bill also seeks to raise the minimum age to bear firearms to 18 years from the current 17 years with additional requirements.

Adding that, “The truckload of ammo would have found its way into our communities with the attendant escalation of the insecurity being faced across the country. Sadly, if these agents of death face charges today, they could be sentenced at the discretion of a trial judge to six months imprisonment or an option of paying one thousand Naira only.”

On the need for all local production, Mr Adeogun said Nigeria could afford to ignore the multibillion-dollar sector.“The existing Firearms Act does not allow for local production of firearms and light weapons by the private sector. In other words, the Nigerian business community is not allowed by law to participate in an industrial sector that grosses over Twenty billion dollars annually.

“We will be better off as a nation if local businesses are allowed to meet the needs of our security forces through the local production of light weapons,” Mr Adeogun said. The bill was passed for second reading unanimously when the speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, put it to vote. It was then referred to the Committee on National Security and Intelligence for further legislative action.

 

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