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The Programme launched by the Ministry on September 1, commenced with much doubt from certain sectors however as the weeks went by, the number of weapons and ammo being surrendered increase.
The police on Saturday released the final statistics of weapons and ammunition surrendered during the period.
See below for final tally:
‘A’ Division (Georgetown/East Bank Demerara)
1,192 rounds 7.62×39 ammunition.
Five (5) .22 pistols and three (3) magazines along with 88 rounds .22 ammunition.
Five (5) shotguns with forty nine (49) cartridges.
One (1) 9 mm Luger pistol with thirty eight (38) 9mm. rounds.
Four (4) .32 pistols along with one (1) magazine and 347 matching rounds.
Five (5) air rifles
One (1) .22 revolver
Four (4) .38 revolvers and 126 matching rounds
One (1) .357 revolver
One .32 revolver with seven (7) .32 rounds
Fifty one (51) rounds .25 ammunition
‘B’ Division (Berbice)
One (1) .32 pistol with ten (10) .32 rounds
One (1) 16 gauge shotgun with ten (10) cartridges
Four (4) 9mm. rounds
‘C’ Division (East Coast Demerara)
Two (2) air rifles
One (1) .32 revolver with five (5) .32 rounds
Three (3) 9mm spent shells
‘D’ Division (West Demerara/East Bank Essequibo)
Two (2) air rifles
One (1) .32 revolver
One (1) 9mm magazine.
Three (3) 16 gauge shotgun cartridges.
Three (3) 20 gauge shotgun cartridges.
Thirty one (31) .30 cartridges
‘E’ Division (Linden/Kwakwani)
One (1) air rifle
One (1) improvised shotgun
Two (2) shotguns
‘F’ Division (Interior Locations)
One hundred and forty four (144) shotguns
One (1) AK 47 rifle
One (1) 9mm. pistol
One (1) .32 pistol
Seven (7) cartridges
Eighteen (18) .32 rounds
Ten (10) 7.62×39 rounds
Four (4) 9mm. rounds
Summary (Firearms)
Shotguns- 153
Pistols- 13
Air rifles- 10
Revolvers- 9
Rifle (AK 47) – 1
Total: 186
Way to start,DO SOMETHING,,unlike the criminals who gave out guns to criminals,
Gun Amnesty ends, 186 guns surrendered.
So crimes should crashed to a halt now.
WAY TO GO COCKED EYE GANG
It profoundly foolish to end the amnesty now. What is the next effective step? This amnesty has worked……..why stop. Maybe the Gov’ t has a better plan to curb this runaway gun crime ! Lets see it quickly…..A good follow up might be to review all gun licences issued over the past twenty years . This will certainly net far more than the amnesty.