The Liberia National Commission on Small Arms will carry out huge destruction of over 255,000 nine middle-meter rounds of Arms and Ammunition, explosives, and related materials in the nation on October 27. The ammunition destruction exercise, according to Chairman Maxwell Grigsby, will take place at the Edward Beyan Kesselley Military Barracks. Residents of the Community will be informed before the exercise in order to allay their fears he noted.
The Small Arms Boss pointed out that the German government and its citizens donated the ammunition to the Liberian government. As a result of the majority of the ammunition becoming corroded, the Commission is now held accountable for damaging illegal weapons because it can no longer maintain them due to the associated risk. He stated that the commission is carrying out this vital endeavor in Liberia for the first time in nearly thirty years. He noted that the last time the government carried out such activities was in 1997, and the cost of the ammunition is more than $5 million USD.
The Commission is requesting that anyone in possession of illegal firearms should submit it to the Commission before the end of December 2022. He emphasized that after December, there will be search and seizure warrants for individuals who regularly carry illegal firearms across the nation; and added that the task force team at the commission will apprehend and prosecute offenders; and that the campaign’s goal is to make Liberia a society without illegal firearms.
The search and seizure warrant task force team will not specifically target any one group, and it will be free of any political influence or affliction. The search and seizure will start in January 2023. He acknowledged the Liberia National Commission on Small Arms’ top aim is to put an end to gun violence in the nation. On October 6, 2022, in Monrovia, he announced his accession during the weekly press conference of the Ministry of Information.
Reported by: Joseph N. Kerkula
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