PARLIAMENT OF INDIA have your say

[goodboy_mentor]

Absolutely agree, however, I wish to make one suggestion. The Petition must be kept SIMPLE, meaning not mixing too many subjects, you can either have single one for Ban on Imports or a separate one for Arms Licensing procedure.

I agree fully with hvj1 that petition must be kept simple and to the point:
1)For lifting import ban since it is absolutely pointless, as terrorists/criminals do not depend on licensing authority to get a license and then import weapons on basis of that license. They obtain PB bore weapons at much cheaper rate through illegal gun trafficking. A person is issued a license only after licensing authority is satisfied, he is going to have the firearm anyways, why is he prevented from importing the weapon of his choice?

2)For Arms licensing procedure, it should be made objective, not dependent on personal perception of licensing authority. When a citizen of India is presenting his proof of identity and residence, is not mentally insane and is not a proclaimed offender(in other words he duly submits himself to the law of the land) why should the state indirectly deny him the right to protect his life under Article 21 by denying/delaying the grant of arms license? Present Arms Act only appears fair on paper to a layman, it is cleverly drafted law so that in practice applicant is practically at the mercy of licensing authority.

3)When any citizen is allowed to travel freely anywhere in the country, why is he not allowed to take his weapon and defend his life wherever he goes in India? Why does license have to be only for district and state?

I personally feel we should get IFG/GFI registered as voluntary organization/NGO etc. and sign a common petition and track it. People who can devote spare time should be willing to come forward into the real world from this virtual world. IFG should also have more members joining in. Some ways to promote IFG/RKBA especially with media and political parties are welcome.

[eternalme]

And who is the Licensing authority ? a psychiatrist ?
When British made Licensing authority the only authority it made sense for they had to prevent the white meat from being shot and pre 1879 India not many were literate, actually the masses were uneducated villagers when now cities are merely 8% of the total population think about what it might have been then.

Then my friends if a gora babu decided the fate it made sense at least it was in favor of the ruling class, but now whom this DC favors ? His pockets ? or his sick ego which was beaten so many times when his other friends actually got through IIT, IIM and other various jobs and this guys kept studying same guide books 8 hours a days for years and on fourth attempt he gets it.
Just imagine how important he thinks he is, so you go there all shining with fancy job title ,fancy shoes, fancy club membership, better clothes, a better watch, a big car , so what ?
He is DC , the guy who slogged in damp room lighted with a 25watt bulb in Allahabad, shared by five others.
he suffered then , you suffer now ,for , he is important and by every denial he proves that he is right .
Just a psychological evaluation of a nearly true hypothetical situation .