The National Guard Undersecretary Major General Hashem Abdulrazzaq Al-Refai Monday called on National Guard personnel to hand in unlicensed firearms and ammunition in their possession to the unlicensed firearms and ammunition collection centers.
Al-Refia asked the NG service members to be role models in the abidance of the recently parliament-approved unlicensed firearms and ammunition collection law.
The law stipulates that anyone possessing unlicensed firearms and ammunition could be jailed for five years and be fined by up to KD 10,000 or one of the two penalties.
It also increases the jail time to ten years and the upper limits on fine to KD 50,000 for anyone who deals (i.e. buying or selling) in unlicensed firearms and ammunition.
The law allows police, after taking proper authorization from the public prosecutor, to search any public location and private or public vehicles if there was cause to believe the existence of unlicensed or unlawful firearms or ammunition.