Two stake­hold­ers in the lo­cal firearms in­dus­try agree with Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar that the process of ob­tain­ing a Firearms User’s Li­cence (FUL) of­ten de­pends on the dis­cre­tion of in­di­vid­ual po­lice of­fi­cers, even when ap­pli­cants meet all the list­ed cri­te­ria.

They be­lieve ad­di­tion­al mea­sures and safe­guards are need­ed to en­sure that every ap­pli­cant is treat­ed fair­ly and as­sessed based on the mer­it of their need for an FUL.

Dur­ing her ap­pear­ance at the UNC’s Mon­day Night meet­ing at the Pe­nal Sec­ondary School, Per­sad-Bisses­sar lament­ed that there have been oc­ca­sions where some ap­pli­cants for firearms were re­ject­ed based on a sin­gle of­fi­cer’s opin­ion or rea­son­ing.