The Minister said he is mostly bothered by the fact that people cannot have a good argument without them trying to insult others. He said if parliament thinks he is not working then they can take a decision to send him home since he is almost at retirement age.
As for the gun policy, he said in the beginning there was no policy up until now and he has tried to bring order, whether or not people like the policy, the intention was to bring about some order. He said should he withdraw his policy, they would be back to square one where gun licenses are issued arbitrarily. He said he wants to know the people prefers; a policy that has rules or no policy at all. Duncan said while people are criticizing his gun policy to date he has not seen any counter proposal from his critics. He said so far all he is hearing is that he should not have this gun policy.
The Minister reiterated that if he does not put a policy in place for the issuance of firearms then there is nothing for government to work with. He made reference to what the United States is doing with regards to the issuance of firearms. "Right now the US is doing back ground checks on people who have firearms, all of which is in my policy." The Minister said he did not say everyone can obtain a gun license, he said applicants have to show what and where they would need the firearm for based on the law.
The Justice Minister said his intention is to issue a firearm to all parliamentarians who have requested a license. Duncan said at least 10 parliamentarians have submitted a petition for a firearm license and he cannot refuse his bosses a firearm license.
