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| Punjab to ban public display of weapons | |
| 2004-06-26 | |
The Punjab government has decided to cancel all licences for the public display of weapons as part of a drive to disarm the province, Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi told a press conference on Friday. Mr Elahi said, however, that licences for keeping weapons at home would not be threatened. The keeping of bodyguards with weapons would also be banned, he said, unless someone’s life was under threat and they got permission from the government to keep private guards. The chief minister said trial anti-weapon campaigns had been launched in Nowshera Virkan, Sheikhupura and Gujrat had been very successful and would be expanded to other districts. He said everyone with licences to carry guns would have to deposit their weapons at their nearest police stations.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 So if two guys show each other their, ahh, weapons, will the mullahs collapse a stone wall on them? |
| Posted by: ed 2004-06-26 2:22:47 PM |
| #3 Is this ban against PDW (public displays of weapons) going to be enforced with all the fervor of the ban on PDA (public displays of affection)? |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-06-26 2:10:56 PM |
| #2 If Muslim holy men can't display their weapons, how are people going to know they're holy men? |
| Posted by: virginian 2004-06-26 1:30:45 PM |
| #1 He said everyone with licences to carry guns would have to deposit their weapons at their nearest police stations. ...and when you need them, like for a wedding or to deal with the latest visitors from the ROP, you can just come by and borrow them. Sign right here. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-06-26 10:32:46 AM |