The Pacific nation's gun amnesty coincided with the shooting death of a 12-year-old child — just one week after the alleged murder of a police officer.
No guns are manufactured in Samoa , so police say they must be smuggled into the country. Samoa 's prime minister announced a gun amnesty in August after the alleged murders of a 12-year-old child and a detective.
The announcement also coincided with the shooting death of a 12-year-old child, just one week after the alleged murder of a police officer. Samoan Police Commissioner Auapaau Logoitino Filipo told the ABC early this month that about 40 weapons and close to 300 unlawful ammunitions had been turned in.The amnesty period was subsequently extended to October 12 — but it was still a much shorter time frame and markedly lower numbers of surrendered weapons than previous gun amnesties in Samoa.
Farming is one of the two legally recognised reasons to own a gun in Samoa — the other being for shooting sports. "It is evident in the number of brawls they are involved in and not forgetting the impact of drugs. This is why the initiative by police should be carried out.""It is a must to collect all the illegal firearms especially the unlicensed ones that are in our country, because there are different types of guns that are scattered around villages that some of our people don't know are illegal," he said.
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