Posted on 01/30/2025 4:40:33 AM PST by marktwain
Sri Lanka has some of the most restrictive laws against firearm ownership and use in the world.
The government recently demanded all legal firearms be turned in, except for those issued to farmers by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Government permission to own firearms is arbitrary and subjective. The recent demand by the government for all legal owners to turn in their guns has largely been ignored.
As of now, it has been reported that nearly 50 firearms have been returned. However, around 1,650 firearm licenses have been issued by the Ministry for various reasons.
The Ministry emphasized that all firearms and ammunition must be returned before the specified date, and legal action will be taken against those who fail to comply, as per the Firearms Ordinance Act No. 33 of 1916.
The deadline for turning in the legal firearms had been extended from November 7 to November 21, 2024. This correspondent has been unable to determine if further extensions were implemented.
Sri Lanka has a population of about 24 million people. There are about 1,650 non-agricultural firearms licenses in the country. The Small Arms Survey estimates there are 35,000 legal firearms. It appears most firearms licenses are issued to farmers to protect their crops. The Small Arms Survey estimates there are 14 illegal firearms for every legal firearm (about half a million illegal firearms, many made in small shops for the black market).
Much of the food in the country is produced by small farmers on basic subsistence farms. In 2019, the Sri Lankan government instituted disastrous policies forbidding the use of modern fertilizers and pesticides. Hunger and famine resulted. In 2022, the Prime Minister was forced to resign amidst violent protests.
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Listening to podcast with bridgett phetasy, author of “I regret having been a slut”. She went to Sri Lanka because of school shootings and gun violence in America. I bet she didn’t know a thing about the genocidal civil war that had just ended there. 162,000 people killed, one hundred thousand civilians killed by their own government. Oh no! ten students killed by madman, it’s so peaceful here in sri lanka as I sit meditating about a world without guns, sitting on a mass grave.
I wonder how many machete murders there are every year in Sri Lanka?
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Ny is right behind them- classifying bb guns and air rifles as firearms now, subject to all firearm laws, ie no air pistol unless you get approved and get a pistol permit I beleive, and no air rifles which have mags that hold over 7 rounds i beleive? And now no modifiers, otherwise known as silencers unl3ss they get a license to own one, which in ny is a near impossibility to get
Th3y outlawed guns there, so the criminals now gang rape people to death instead
There are about 14 illegal firearms in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) for every legal firearm, according to the Small Arms Survey based in Switzerland.
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