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    "content": "We, as Senators, have to admit that this is a complex situation. We are looking at the negatives and positives, the advantages and disadvantages. It is impossible to discuss this Motion without presenting both sides of the coin. The information I have been given by Sen. Muthama is that they will be giving businesspeople, Government workers and people in special categories. That adds merit in classifying those who can be given guns, but it does not stop the problems that exist in terms of gun ownership and guns being in wrong hands and being used for criminal activities. This is something that has already been documented. At times, we have police officers who hire out their guns to criminals. This is a reality. The killing of spouses and children which has become a reality is creating worry in terms of the social fabric that we have. However, we will be aiding these crimes when we make it easy for everybody to express themselves. People have different temperaments. There are those who react in different ways to different situations. Being armed does not reduce the number of attacks. In fact, most studies that have been carried out on criminology suggest that those who end up being killed are killed using their own guns. Probably, they would not have been killed if they did not have those guns. Those are the dynamics. The Motion refers to the national Government. I would like to put a question mark regarding what specific organ we are referring to and how the issue will be implemented in ensuring that licences are given to the right people. The problem of having arms with very many people is clear. As Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has said, in USA, many people own guns and their stories turn to be very tragic. Let me now talk as a sociologist. We have people with different problems. We have youth who are disturbed who did not have enough time with their mothers. We also have youth who are psychopaths and others who have different problems. We have seen children being killed in schools by other children who have guns. You may say something that is against what someone else thinks and they just shoot you. So, what are we talking about here? We are talking about a society that has not developed enough so as to talk about arming people. Let us instead talk about arming a specific group of people through a specific process, through a very careful process."
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