Insecurity: should Tinubu legalize guns for Nigerians?
An activist has called on President Bola Tinubu to legalize guns for the citizens of Nigeria considering the soaring insecurity in the country. The activist wants Nigeria to make guns legal just as the United States of America.
Kidnapping is the major threat to national security. More Nigerians have become victims of kidnapping and they have had to pay millions of naira as ransoms to the fleeing kidnappers.
The security personnel of the country are doing their best, however that’s not close to being enough. In fact, the Federal Capital Territory, which ought to be the safest place in the country, is also under threat.
Every nook and cranny of Nigeria is facing insecurity.
Possessing firearms have advantages. Nigerians can personally and individually repel any attack on them. They can take on any person who poses threat to them and secure their personal lives and properties.
The attack on three local government areas in Plateau State might not occur if individuals hold their guns. It could have been really easy for the people of Barkin Ladi, and Bokkos to stop the gunmen and prevent the high number of casualties in the Xmas Eve massacre.
However, the risk of allowing people to hold guns legally is high and imaginable. Crimes would of course increase as well. The United States of America is grappling with gun violence including mass shooting. In fact, more Americans die of guns than Nigerians.
Nevertheless, Online Parrot News intends to know he view of the public: should Tinubu legalize guns? And can that help to stop insecurity?
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