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    "id": 936974,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sirisia, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Waluke",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2792,
        "legal_name": "John Waluke Koyi",
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    "content": "period they have given is very short. To train a soldier to use a firearm takes time. It takes more than 12 months for a soldier to understand how to strip the weapon and put it back to how it is supposed to be. Sometimes even our police officers lack control. We have seen and witnessed some police officers shooting their wives, family members and colleagues because they have been left to keep the firearms in their houses. This has cost some families their loved ones because of lack of control and accountability. It should be like in the military, where I was. When you sign for a firearm, you must return it. When one bullet misses, you must report and state how the bullet got lost or how you fired the bullet without any reason. This should apply to even our police officers, GSU, Administration Police, prison police and wardens who hold firearms. This will control and limit the death of innocent people. In this country, we have many forces. Maybe we went to war and all our soldiers have died that now we can have private security guards allowed to use firearms. Of late, we have seen them on closed circuit television (CCTV) and many of them have become thieves. They even collude with our police officers and steal in banks and supermarkets. When they are allowed to carry guns, this country will turn into something else. So, we need about five years for public participation and not one-and-a-half years. This is a very important issue and we cannot just allow a private guard to carry a gun. No! This is a House of laws. We should follow the law and the Constitution. Even if somebody is a Member of Parliament, they should not just be allowed to own a firearm if they have not been trained on how to use it. Sometimes you see some of us walking with firearms and showing them to anybody. You want people to see that you have a gun. This should also be limited. Some of us do not even need to own firearms for show-off. The way some of us behave is not also good and there must be some control. Somebody who has never been trained on how to handle a firearm should not be allowed to carry one. With those few remarks, I support the Motion."
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