Liberia Passes Domestic Guns Control Law

The 'Liberia Firearms and Ammunition Control Act of 2015',the legal framework for regulating the possession and use of small arms and light weapons in the country, has been passed into law by the National Legislature.

The domestic guns control law was finally passed on Thursday, May 12, 2016 when the House of Representatives concurred with an earlier action of the Liberia Senate on the passage of the Act. It can be recalled that the upper House in October 2015 voted 24 out of 30 in favor of the passage of the Act, except for a motion for reconsideration by one of its members. The Senate however passed the Act in February 2016 as one of its first order of business immediately upon returning from its annual agricultural break.

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