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Rifle Association Shoots Down Senator's Call for Jamaicans to Carry Guns
26 October 2008
Sunday Observer (Jamaica)
The controversial call by Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) senator, Prudence Kidd-Deans for the arming of the society in the face of the prevailing high murder rate, has not found favour with the Jamaica Rifle Association (JRA), popularly known as the gun club.
"First of all, it's not a right of every Jamaican to bear arms, like in the United States where their constitution states so explicitly," said Andrew Chin, acting president of the JRA. "There must be strict... (GunPolicy.org)