El Salvador Congress votes to legalize unregistered guns
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San Salvador. The Congress of El Salvador approved a law this Wednesday to legalize firearms that were not registered. Salvadorans with unregistered weapons will have a period of 90 days to submit to the Ministry of Defense a notarial certificate explaining how they obtained them and, thus, to regularize their possession. The measure seeks to “facilitate the registration of firearms, giving the interested party registration for the possession, d…
El Salvador Congress votes to legalize unregistered guns
San Salvador (AFP) Oct 17, 2024 El Salvador's Congress on Wednesday approved the legalization of unregistered firearms held by citizens of the Central American nation, whose president has cracked down hard on criminal gangs. People with unregistered guns will have 90 days to inform the defense ministry how they acquired them. The law was passed by 57 votes out of 60 in the single-chamber Congress, which is controlled b
The Congress of El Salvador approved this Wednesday to legalize firearms held by citizens who were not registered. Any Salvadoran who possesses an unregistered firearm has 90 days to submit to the Ministry of Defense a notarial document explaining the way in which he acquired it so that his possession becomes legal. The measure is “intended to facilitate the registration of firearms, extending to the interested party the registration for possess…
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