Asking people to arrange for their own security is equal to a government’s admission of its own failure in protecting citizens. We as Citizens against Weapons are deeply disappointed with the government’s attitude of rapidly relinquishing its responsibility towards the security of its citizens. The Sindh home minister instead should have undertaken measures to reduce guns and violence in the province, specially in its urban areas and improve the law and order situation. The state ought to be viewed not as a ‘gun supporting’ but a ‘gun eliminating’ body. It is time to reduce and not to add more to the millions of guns already held by citizens in Pakistan.

Source: The Express Tribune December 22, 2017 05:37 UTC