Justice chief wants guns for lawyers, judges
12/06/2010Justice Secretary Leila de Lima yesterday backed calls to allow judges and lawyers to carry firearms amid a rising incidence of attacks targeting them.
According to her, judges and lawyers were also being encouraged to improve practical shooting and driving skills as a precaution against possible ambush attacks.
“Their line of work makes them natural targets of harassment and violence, especially because of weak
enforcement of laws and a prevailing culture of impunity,” De Lima told Agence France Presse.
She, however, said she favored only a “selective, on a case-by-case” basis to allow judges and lawyers to carry firearms.
“And only on a reasonable showing of security threats, and purely for self-defense purposes only,” De Lima stressed..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101206hed6.html
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