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Criminals
After
Firearms
of
Private
Security
Guards
To
Commit
Robberies
Private
security
guards
in
Costa
Rica
are
the
new
target
of
thieves
looking
to
steal
their
guns
to
commit
robberies.
Carrying
a
firearm
does
not
exempt
a
person
from
becoming
a
victim.
Statistics
that
this
year
there
have
already
been
one
too
many
cases
of a
death
of a
person
victim
of
having
their
firearm
stolen.
One
such
case
occurred
in
Tibás
(north
side
of
San
José)
a
few
months
agon
when
a
Tránsito
(traffic)
official
was
shot
dead
during
the
robbery
of
his
weapon.
Then
there
is
the
case
of a
private
security
guard
of a
Palí
supermarket
in
Alajuela
and
another
guard
in
Matina,
Limón.
Roadblocks
and
spotchecks
reveal
a
large
number
of
illegal
weapons
seized
by
police,
weapons
that
for
the
large
part
were
stolen.
In
the
first
six
months
of
this
year.
the
Fuerza
Pública
(police)
report
the
seizure
of
1.081
firearms.
This
in
addition
to
the
the
1.678
illegal
firearms
already
in
police
custody,
which
is
made
up
of
automatics,
revolvers,
rifles,
shotguns,
homemade
guns
and
submachine
guns.
And
it
does
not
include
the
number
of
weapons
being
held
in
the
evidence
lockers
of
Fiscalias
(prosecutor
officer)
around
the
country
that
are
to
be
used
at
trials.
Authorities
are
asking
one
and
all
who
carry
"legal"
weapons
to
give
consideration
to
the
proper
care
and
handling
of
the
weapon
to
prevent
a
tragedy
due
to
theft
or
poor
handling.
Carrying
a
gun
may
give
you
a
false
sense
of
security,
which
can
easily
turn
against
you
in a
second
against
an
assault.
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