70 charged beneath Jamaica’s new Firearms Act

Jamaica’s Commissioner of Police Main Normal Antony Anderson says 63 males and 7 ladies have been charged between November 1 and December 20 beneath the brand new Firearms Act.

He was talking at a media briefing at Jamaica Home on Wednesday.

Antony Anderson mentioned the vast majority of people charged are between the ages of 16 and 30.

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Jamaica’s Senate handed the brand new Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction, and Regulation) Act with 17 amendments on September 23.

The laws tabled in January creates a twin regime that can distinguish between prohibited weapons or unregulated firearms, the actions related to them, and firearms which have been duly licensed or registered.

It additionally outlines the targets of building a framework that prohibits the illicit commerce of firearms and ammunition and views possession of these prohibited firearms and ammunition as the muse for different heinous and violent crimes.

The brand new Firearms Act imposes penalties starting from 15 years to life in jail.

A two-week gun amnesty was instituted in November to permit individuals handy in unlawful weapons. Underneath the amnesty, unlawful weapons could possibly be surrendered to a sub-officer or senior sub-officer on obligation at any police station; any designated officer at an FLA location; or an attorney-at-law or pastor on behalf of a person requesting amnesty.

The amnesty interval started Saturday, November 5, and ended at midnight Saturday, November 19.