This government has also talked a great deal about this problem. Now in an attempt to substitute action for rhetoric it is launching an arms recovery drive. After two weeks the full force of the law will be applied to those caught with illegal arms. Three categories of weapons have been drawn up depending upon bore and calibre. Anyhow, this drive seems impressive on paper.
Any law is only as good as the ability and willingness of the state to implement it.
Laws which are worth their weight in paper need not exist on the statute book for all the good that they do. The police cannot handle traffic. We know their record in the prevention or detection of criminal activity. Police investigations are a scandal. Despite the talk of police reform, we still have the same old police force.