And here is how the commissioner put it when he appeared on Sunup on 7 yesterday explaining that persons who modify their rifles are often not found out until something happens in the public eye:
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Occasionally, things would happen and the police would get hold of the gun and we'd see the modification without permission and then we would normally do what needs to be done. Like in the case of Mr. Gillett, had he not gone in front of the church with this weapon and paraded around there, would the police would not have gone to his home and find the weapon modified. So again, it is basically when they do something and then we would get a hold of the weapon and then we'd find out."
Host
"I want to ask while we're on the topic of the gun license, we heard this year that some sort of auditing may be done. What are your comments on that?"
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Like I said before to Jules Vasquez, that I have no issue with no auditing and I really and truly don't know what an audit is going to do because one, when it comes to the issuance of gun license, it is done basically by an application, a vetting and again once a vetting is good, it's a prerogative of the licensing authority."
"Once a person meets the criteria. There is absolutely no strict criteria in granting a gun license. As much as yes, I was extremely strict in terms of persons who have conviction. The law states that if a person has a conviction for less than three years for a violent crime, that person should not be issued one."
"There are people who have conviction for crime for 10, 15 years and I still refuse to give them. When in fact the law is that it's only a three years period. If the conviction is more than three years, then you qualify."
