De La Espriella Lifts Colombia's 10-Year Gun Ban
The decree affects almost 700,000 permit holders and keeps strict ownership controls in place, de la Espriella said.
- Colombian President Abelardo signed a decree on Tuesday easing restrictions on carrying legal firearms in public, lifting a decade-long suspension that prevented permit holders from taking registered guns outside their homes.
- President Juan Manuel Santos introduced the restriction in December 2015 as a temporary holiday security measure, but successive presidents Duque and Gustavo Petro extended it annually, maintaining the ban across opposing political administrations for nearly a decade.
- Espriella reported that nearly 700,000 legal permit holders can now carry firearms, while security forces have seized more than 15,000 illegal weapons from Farc breakaway factions and the Gulf Clan this year.
- While signing the decree, Espriella stated, "A man's word is his honour, and I have honour, that's why I keep my word," fulfilling his campaign promise of an iron-fist approach to crime.
- Green Alliance Party Senator Ariel described the move as a "grave error," arguing that legally held guns would end up in criminals' hands and creating an ethical dilemma about civilian firearm ownership.
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Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella signed an order ending regulations that prohibited law-abiding citizens from carrying legally-owned firearms Tuesday. De la Espriella, who narrowly defeated a left-wing opponent, Ivan Cepada, in the June 21 election, campaigned on cracking down on the country’s drug cartels and guerillas after President Donald Trump endorsed him on June 2. His decree, signed while Secretary of State Marco Rubio was vi…
De la Espriella lifts Colombia's 10-year gun ban
Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella lifted a gun ban that had been in place since 2015. According to De la Espriella, the decision seeks to give “good citizens” a way to defend themselves against “criminals.” “For years, law-abiding citizens were restricted, while criminals continued to arm themselves to the teeth illegally. That has to […]
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