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AG: Off-duty prison officers to have guns

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News File photo: Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC. Attorney General Reginald Armour has announced a planned amendment to the Firearms Act that would allow the Commissioner of Prisons to give off-duty prison officers permission to carry guns. During his contribution to the Senate budget debate on Friday afternoon, Armour outlined several pieces of legislation to be focused on. Among them, he said, national security was a major priority for the government. […]

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