Minister of Home Affairs in No Rush to See Gun Licences Issued

The Firearm and Ammunition Control Board has issued a public notice for persons interested in firearm safety instruction licences to send in their applications. It is among the first moves that the board has made since it was formed. Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa says he is in no rush to see the board move any more swiftly, while the gun dealers are asking that the moratorium on the issuance of gun licences be lifted.

 

Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs

“I am not eager or i am not behind this board to be acting any more swift than they actually are. They have been doing an excellent job in terms of necessary firearm reforms that are needed in this country. To me they are taking the right steps and moving in the right direction. So I am not like you looking forward to the day another license is issued.  So, we are letting them do their work as they see fit and when that day comes it comes.”

 

Reporter

“How do you deal with the impatience of the gun dealers?”

 

Kareem Musa

“I don’t have to deal with that. I don’t care about that.”