Firearms deal­ers and range op­er­a­tors are aim­ing to re­shape the na­tion­al firearms pol­i­cy land­scape, af­ter pre­sent­ing a 21-page doc­u­ment to Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der out­lin­ing a se­ries of rec­om­men­da­tions, in­clud­ing the cre­ation of a Firearm Li­cens­ing Board.

This board is in­tend­ed to re­place the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice’s cur­rent sole dis­cre­tion to grant per­mits, li­cens­es and cer­tifi­cates.

The doc­u­ment, from the Trinidad and To­ba­go Firearm Deal­ers As­so­ci­a­tion and Range Op­er­a­tors As­so­ci­a­tion, which draws on in­ter­na­tion­al best prac­tices and lo­cal con­sul­ta­tions, al­so pro­pos­es that the age to legal­ly own a firearm be low­ered from 25 to 18, once prop­er vet­ting and train­ing are done.