Call to tighten Island's gun laws

Jim Rigby (71) says that the Island’s laws should be tightened to restrict the amount of ammunition that gun owners can hold in their homes, and that responsibility for gun control should pass to the States police, not honorary officers.

He has also called for ‘a sensible discussion’ on gun control.

However, Home Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand has defended Jersey’s gun laws, saying that

they are tougher than the UK’s, which in turn are tougher than most other countries. Unlike the UK, Jersey requires licences for air guns, but the Island did not follow the UK in adopting a full ban on handguns.

• See Friday’s JEP for full story.