Chief of Police asks for more control of firearms
Tania Molina
SANTO DOMINGO. The Chief of Police, Manuel Castro Castillo, demanded yesterday more controls of the carrying and possession of firearms, as well as the revision of Law 36 that covers these issues. The aim is to penalize with prison sentences those who make illegal use of these weapons.
"What's more, when they are well known criminals with criminal backgrounds, these people have to be sent straight to prison in order to be able to dissuade the use 9of firearms)," he stressed.
Castro Castillo recalled that a major proportion of the violence and crime that occur in the country have as a common denominator the use of firearms.
Recently, the Attorney General of the Republic issued a report which revealed that 576 persons had died in the January-June period of this year as a result of gunshots.
With this information, the debate on general disarmament was enlivened.
Questioned regarding this, Castro Castillo was of the opinion: "In all countries, the possession of firearms is allowed, what should occur is that there be controls so that weapons are not carried in places where it is not permitted to have them.
He also argued that the process of providing licenses to carry and posses firearms should be more strict.
"What's more, when they are well known criminals with criminal backgrounds, these people have to be sent straight to prison in order to be able to dissuade the use 9of firearms)," he stressed.
Castro Castillo recalled that a major proportion of the violence and crime that occur in the country have as a common denominator the use of firearms.
Recently, the Attorney General of the Republic issued a report which revealed that 576 persons had died in the January-June period of this year as a result of gunshots.
With this information, the debate on general disarmament was enlivened.
Questioned regarding this, Castro Castillo was of the opinion: "In all countries, the possession of firearms is allowed, what should occur is that there be controls so that weapons are not carried in places where it is not permitted to have them.
He also argued that the process of providing licenses to carry and posses firearms should be more strict.
Tania Molina
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