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Sunday 03 October 2010 |
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In Costa
Rica
More
Want To
Bear
Arms
The
demand
for
permits
to carry
firearms
has been
such
that the
Dirección
de Armas
y
Explosivos,
del
Ministerio
de
Seguridad
Pública
is now
forced
to open
on
Saturdays.
Yesterday,
72
people
from
five
security
companies
were
served
between
the
hours of
7:30am
and
4:00pm.
A
bulletin
from the
Ministerio
de
Seguridad
explains
that due
to the
high
demand,
Saturdays
will be
dedicated
to serve
employees
of
security
firms
who have
scheduled
appointments
during
the
week.
The
office,
located
next to
the
former
Aresep
building
in La
Sabana,
can
handle
an
application
in only
15
minutes,
handing
over the
permit
to
applicants
who have
previously
applied
and have
been
cleared.
This
while
legislators
analyze
the
various
proposals,
including
one that
was
presented
by
Presidenta
Laura
Chinchilla
was she
was a
legislator,
to the
laws to
regulate
private
security
firms
and the
use of
firearms.
Included
in the
proposals
is the
regulation
on the
purchase
and
possession
of
firearms,
as well
as the
registration
and
purchase
of
ammunition,
limiting
the
number
of
weapons
a person
can have
to 3 and
only
those
persons
with
permits
be
allowed
to buy
ammunition.
Juan
Carlos
Mendoza,
head of
the PAC
party
legislators,
said on
Saturday
that it
is
worrisome
that the
government
is
flexible
on the
procedures
to the
security
companies,
as guns
are a
"machine
of
death".
The
legislator
explained
that the
government
should
not
abandon
its role
of
providing
security
and make
it
easier
for
private
companies
to
become
in
charge
of
security.
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