The controversial position taken by President David Granger on guns and their relation to crime in Guyana needs to be tested closely, as the evidence for such is “slim or anecdotal”.

This was the view of former House Speaker Ralph Ramkarran Sunday on his online blog ‘Conversation Tree’, as he examined comments made by President Granger recently about the issuance of gun licences to private citizens and its correlation to the rise in criminal activities in Guyana.
Recently, on his televised programme ‘The Public Interest’, Mr Granger said his Administration would be working towards seeing fewer guns on the streets by scaling down the number of licences issued to private individuals. He indicated that that may be the reason why so many weapons were in the hands of criminals.

Ramkarran – You were a big bash for Rohee…Now you realised that Rumjatoo is worst! Granger seem to also think that DRUG is related to robbery yet he has no data or facts to prove this…Just trying to blame someone for their incompetent ways of handling crime situation…The fact remains, when the PNC is in power, their PEOPLE are empowered and robbery begins…Also dead economy will cause them to loot more ….So help them to understand this!