Police have seized 100 illegal guns so far for this year 

One hundred illegal firearms have been taken off the streets so far this year, according to Crime Chief Deputy Commissioner Wendell Blanhum.
This is compared to 178 that were confiscated during the same period last year (January 1 – November 9).
Of the 100 illegal guns seized this year, 57 were pistols, 29 were shotguns, 12 were revolvers and two were rifles.
Based on investigations, of the illegal firearms seized, most of them originated from the United States (US) and Brazil. According to Blanhum, 16 came from the US and 16 came from Brazil.
Additionally, he said seven each originated from Austria and Italy, while five came from Venezuela and three each from Turkey, Belgium and the Czech Republic.
One of them originated from Germany, while seven came from locations unknown. Moreover, he said one was an improvised weapon, while the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is awaiting verifications on the remaining 31.
Just a few weeks ago, Minister of Home Affairs Oneidge Walrond spoke about the need to ramp up efforts to get illegal guns off the streets. In fact, she had disclosed that discussions are ongoing with stakeholders to better address this problem, including examining the possibility of offering another amnesty programme.
In addition to illegal guns, the minister had noted that authorities were looking into limiting the number of licensed firearms in circulation. There are over 30,000 applications in the system for firearm licences, but Minister Walrond had expressed that “the need to walk with a firearm every day, all day, to protect yourselves, may not necessarily hold any muster any more as serious crime goes down.”
In fact, Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo previously expressed that “just imagine if you have to give out 50,000 gun licences in Guyana, what could happen? And often the weapons end up in the hands of criminals because they come into our home and they take the weapons, etc.”
In this regard, the Government is exploring the option of issuing licences for nonlethal weapons.