10 October 2011

Sri Lanka - The right to bear arms


The rule of law and the right to bear arms. It is right to implement that the Police force who engage in prevention of minor crimes and traffic violation do not bear arms. Offences that require armed intervention must remain only with the uniformed Police STF. All matters relating to the security and sovereignty of Sri Lanka to be strictly only in the remit of the Army, Navy and Air Force. Most importantly any person carrying arms in Sri Lanka must strictly be in the uniform of the STF, Army, Navy or Air Force. All existing MSD or PSD officers to immediately revert to uniform. Declaring a gun amnesty of one month for all other arms with non-uniformed officers of law or citizens to be returned. Introduce new law, a non-negotiable sentence of three years in rigorous imprisonment for any citizen of Sri Lanka who are caught bearing arms. Whether a member of cabinet or private security individuals. The recent senseless killing at the recent local government elections illustrates the need for this with immediate effect. The Executive Presidency and the relatively average area of our motherland will make this task easy to implement. We must have a working supreme court and a judiciary that is equally powerful as the Executive Presidency enabling any errant cabinet minister to be brought to justice. The flouting of law, and the thuggery and violence practiced by many ministers in the cabinet must stop.

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