Myanmar junta to allow 'loyal' citizens to carry licensed weapons

Myanmar junta to allow ‘loyal’ citizens to carry licensed weapons

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Conditions found in the document include an age limit of 18 and a gun requirement for security purposes, in addition to a loyalty requirement.

Reuters could not immediately verify the 15-page document, and it was unclear when such legislation would take effect. Telephone calls to a military spokesman seeking comment remained unanswered.

The document provides for members of counter-insurgency bodies, officially constituted militias and retired people from the military to carry pistols, rifles and submachine guns, as long as they have such a permit.

It states that the military government will have the right to import and sell firearms and ammunition licensed by the Ministry of Defence.

The Southeast Asian country’s top generals led a coup in February 2021 after five years of tense power-sharing under a semi-civilian political system created by the military.

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