Sit-in staged against gun culture
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 27 2023:
Puripuraba Nupi Lup, WEUDA and Mangaleima VLF Kongpal jointly staged a sit-in protest against gun culture in the state at Kongpal Khaidem Leikai on Friday, During the sit-in, the protestors held placards in scribed with the slogans like "Mental health check -up for gun owners", "Don't give gun licenses indiscriminately", "Stop invoking mass hysteria with guns immediately", "Investigate illegal gins", "We want peace not war", etc.
Speaking on the sidelines, Puripuraba Nupi Lup general secretary L Bimola re marked that there has been rise in unwarranted killings in the state due to misuse of licenced guns.
Thus, to
put a stop to such incidents, she urged for tightening the rules and regulations for issuing gun licenses including a mandatory mental health check-up of the licensed gun owners after every 6 months.
Mentioning incidents of police personnel turning their service guns to the public especially women and children, she suggested including human rights education courses in the training of police personnel and revival of the Manipur Human Rights Commission.
The general secretary then urged for reining in gun owners from behaving as they wish, while further appealing to the government to take serious note of the matter and calm the nerves of the people.