Colombia Imposes 1 Year Ban on Bearing Guns in Public
Colombia Imposes 1 Year Ban on Bearing Guns in Public
Published 20 January 2016 (6 hours 57 minutes ago)
The prohibition is part of an effort to stem violence in one of Latin America’s most dangerous countries.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Tuesday he will prohibit the bearing of arms in the country for the next year.
Santos said he was inspired by the example of Bogota, the country’s capital, where officials claim a ban on the bearing of arms has curbed gun violence.
The police, said Santos, convinced him that a ban on carring guns in public has saved a “number of lives” and that pursuing the policy at the national level “should contribute to a further decrease in crime.”
Last year, Colombia was ranked the fourth most deadly country in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to a government commission, 220,000 have been killed in the South American nation since 1958, the majority by right-wing paramilitaries.
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