Colombia Reverses Gun Permit Restrictions | Global News

Colombia’s president shocks the nation by reversing a decade-long gun ban, allowing nearly 700,000 legal permit holders to carry firearms in public — a move he says restores citizens’ right to self-defense against heavily armed criminals. While hailed as a campaign promise fulfilled, critics warn it could endanger public safety by enabling guns into the wrong hands. Officials counter with record seizures of illegal weapons, insisting security won’t be compromised.

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