Invoking “The Chester”

And switching back to talk about gun licenses - two days ago - the Commissioner invoked what we can only call "The Chester". If you were in the US - you would call it invoking The Fifth - which is where a person has a right to not incriminate themselves. Well, the commissioner has taken on a right to not incriminate deceased gun license holders - about whom there are legitimate questions. Case in point, murder victim Darnell Puerto who was killed in Belize City on Christmas eve. He was the holder of a licensed weapon - but police only found him with an empty holster.

The Commissioner said that to speak of the circumstances of the issuance of his gun license would somehow be victimizing the victim: