Disarmament day.

 Tues 25.6.2024

So, finally I received a letter from the OCPD Kuala Pilah, giving me 7 days to surrender my .22 rifle (Ruger 700.75764) gun licence no.NP 939 issued on 17.7.1995.  I bought it from Melaka town for RM 3,000.

I'd surrendered my Baretta .38 pistol in 1999, bought from Kampong Baru, KL, that I kept for just 4 years. This rifle would have been in my possession next month for a full 29 years.

Every year around May I'd go through the slow-moving Police exercise of gun-licence renewal. I mean, we would be asked to report to the Police HQ, signing the attendance sheet for the rifle-range inspection. Then we would be asked by another  letter to get the book chopped. Then another letter to appear and get the signed approval. When all could have been done in one day !

I've decided to appeal my case to the top cop, the IGP.

My letter would be to the point: I already have a gun licence issued almost three decades ago. The KP OCPD said because of the USA's rifle shooting cases, some years ago I was asked to apply to get a shot-gun licence to replace my .22 rifle. The POLICE asked me to change, they ask me to apply, they have rejected my application, and now they cancel my innocent existing licence.

Other than that my relationship with my rifle has been civil and law-abiding all the time.

I don't understand this whole sad affair.

I still need my rifle for hunting the "enemies of the orchard".

My latest medical examination in May this year says I'm fit to handle this weapon. I had basic Military training, anyway. I studied at the then Federation Military College in Port Dickson.

I carry a Golf handicap 19 and play 18 holes of golf at least twice a week. You can check with the Seremban International Golf Club.

Please cancel your cancellation.

Thank you.

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