Regional Seminar

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Regional Seminar Promoting Firearms
MarkingDecember 1-2, 2010San José, Costa
RicaJamaicas Marking Practices and Procedures

• Kevin Blake
• Jamaica

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Background

• Jamaica has no firearms manufacturer
• All licit firearms in Jamaica are imported
• Classifications of licit firearms
• Private belonging to
• Private security organizations, private
  investigators and private security trainers
• Licenses firearms holders
• Government - belonging to
• Police
• Military
• Correctional services (prisons)

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Background

• Private licit firearms Firearms Licensing
  Authority (FLA)
• Established in 2005 by an Act of Parliament as a
  statutory organization within the Ministry of
  National Security.
• Streamlines and standardizes the granting,
  renewal and revocation of firearm licenses and
  all the attendant processes thereof.
• Serves to modernize and regulate the licensing of
  firearms in Jamaica.
• The centralized administrative body and database
  repository for all license firearm holder

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Firearms Act

• Jamaica is a signatory to the Inter American
  Convention
• Cabinet has not yet ratified the convention as
  all conditions are not satisfied
• Currently repealing and replacing the firearms
  act with the new firearms and explosive act
• This will provide an avenue to
• Satisfy all conditions in the signed Inter
  American Convention
• Legislate the firearms marking procedures

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Implementation Committee

• Ministry of National Security
• Ministry of Finance (Customs)
• Jamaica Constabulary Force
• Jamaica Defence Force
• Firearms Licensing Authority

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Locations of Markers
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Things to do

• Survey of sites for Dot Pen Markers
• Preparation of sites
• Establish a national signature
• Date of import
• Country
• Dealer
• Installation of Dot Pen Markers

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Things to do

• Mark all firearms of newly issued licenses
• Mark all unmarked firearms of existing license
  holders during the process of annual renewal
• Annual renewal is done on the date of birth of
  licensee
• Within a year all private firearms can be marked
• Aiming at commencing markings by March 2011

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Thank You