The
Firearms Act
Firearms Act is a stock short title used for legislation in Canada, Hong Kong, Jamaica, and the United Kingdom. This list includes not only Firearms Acts as such, but legislation of different names governing firearms and also other weapons.
List
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of
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
regulates the ownership and use of firearms and ammunition. It was first passed in 1967, and has been subsequently amended. The law requires gun licenses, with a yearly registration fee of JM$12,000.00 (US$ ). There were about 65,000 licensed firearms in Jamaica in 2002, and approximately seven hundred licenses approved per year.
All crimes involving firearms are tried by a special
Gun Court
The Gun Court is the branch of the Jamaican judicial system that tries criminal cases involving firearms. The court was established by Parliament in 1974 to combat rising gun violence, and empowered to try suspects ''in camera'', without a jury ...
established in 1975.
See also
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Gun politics in Jamaica
References
External links
Firearm Licensing Authority
full text from the Firearm Licensing Authority
Gun politics in Jamaica
Law of Jamaica
Firearm laws
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