₦airaland Forum

I woke up to call from a dear friend. A young man like myself who is doing all he can to provide food for himself and his family by engaging in lawful hustling.

His shopp which was burgled 3months ago has received same fate just yester night, the hausa guy he hired to keep guard at the shop, was shot dead.

This evil people, fell a side of the shop wall, and carted away with goods worth millions. My friend was crying, not long ago he was telling me how he would have used the money he used in rebuilding his shop to relocate himself and his family to any western country if not for coronavirus.


Before this incident, sometime in February, The farm reserve area in my small town was closed out, food became scarce, a cup of garri sold for 100naira.
Farmers couldn't go to farm. Why?
Men wielding ak47 cordoned the area, and restricted access to everyone except their cattle.

Fear gripped everyone, some farmers had been killed in previous clashes.

Just the other day, a young man's little brother was kidnapped,and the kidnappers demanded millions, afterall he just bought a Lexus 330.so he should have it.

Some filtering intelligence reports say, this country is surrounded by gunmen marauding, and ready to cause mayhem at any given time.

Everyday Tragic News have comfirmed this.

I was researching about guns obviously when I saw this publication by daily trust


At the National Consultation on Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) in Abuja, organized by the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) and the Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PRESCOM), it was revealed that[b] Nigeria hosts 350 million or 70 [/b]per cent of the 500 million illegal arms in West Africa.

UNREC's director, Ms Olatokunbo Ige, provided the statistics during the consultation in Abuja and said that these Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) are in the hands of non-state actors who use the weapons to threaten lives and property of their compatriots


With this glaring statistics provided as far back as 2016. It is scary, especially considering that the vast population of this country is less than the number of guns in it and that the bulk of the population have no access to guns to protect themselves,they helpless and at the mercy of gun holders.



In case you don't know, gun ownership is currently banned in Nigeria by the current government ; I beg myself to ask why. Is there a sinister motive to disarm innocent law abiding Nigerians?

Everyday When i sleep I hear gun shots, and i wonder, the day this people will come to me, how will I defend myself and my family?

The last time I went to the police station to report a case, I had to fuel their vehicle before we could make a move.

So I ask this question ;

Why should responsible citizens not own guns?
Don't we have rights to life, self-defence any longer ?

Is the security situation so good in country that citizens no longer need guns to protect themselves?

I leave you all to answer that question.
In the mean time, I have ordered a stun gun. Pending when this gun ownership ban is uplifted.

let me make some revelations because some of us also have our own intelligence networks. I have met with some of the bandits, we have met with some of their high commanders. One or two who have repented. They have sat down with us, not once, not twice. They told us that one of the northern governors is the commander of Boko Haram in Nigeria. Boko Haram and the Bandits are one and the same thing. They have a sophisticated network. during this lockdown there Planes were moving up and down as though there was no lock down. Moving ammunitions, money, logistics and distributing them in different part of the country. They are already in the south. In the rain forest of the south. They are everywhere. They told us that when they finish this rural killings, they will move to phase 2. In the Phase 2, they will go into the urban cities, going from house to house killing prominent people. I can tell you, this is the game plan. By 2022, they want to start a civil war in Nigeria. Don't joke with what I am saying you. I have a PHD from Oxford university. I am a central banker, we don't talk nonsense. So don't joke with what I am telling you. --- Obadiah Mailafia

It will be nice

Everybody should be carrying gun, we can not control it as a nation

A solution to a problem can bring even bigger problems....

It is the slow government... I know in america almost all guns are licensed

If Nigerians own guns the way you want then the same Nigerians will rob everyone they see on the streets. The guns would no longer be for protection but for robbery and all the evils that come with guns.

izombie:
If Nigerians own guns the way you want then the same Nigerians will rob everyone they see on the streets. The guns would no longer be for protection but for robbery and all the evils that come with guns.

that won't happen because there are more weapons in the country than the population of Nigeria And they are in the hands of bad people.

Good people need guns to protect themselves.

Qualified citizens should be allowed to have their own gun.

Easternmind:
A solution to a problem can bring even bigger problems....

may I know what better solution you have?

izombie:
If Nigerians own guns the way you want then the same Nigerians will rob everyone they see on the streets. The guns would no longer be for protection but for robbery and all the evils that come with guns.

If everyone has a gun who will they rob? Are you interested in running into the house of someone with a pistol even if you have an AKA 47?

OruExpress:
If everyone has a gun who will they rob? Are you interested in running into the house of someone with a pistol even if you have an AKA 47?

exactly .

I swear down I ready need a gun

Depressed101:
that won't happen because there are more weapons in the country than the population of Nigeria And they are in the hands of bad people.

Good people need guns to protect themselves.

Qualified citizens should be allowed to have their own gun.

Who is a good person? If I may ask



You will never know the psychopath sitting next to you. It's not written on the face.
Owning a gun will never be a solution to violence in any country. Never.


Check the issue of gun violence in America and you will understand better.
Everyone appears a good citizen until they are given power and don't forget that gun is power. Without gun a police officer won't be feared on the street.

Giving people license to own gun will show you how psychotic some people are, something as little as an altercation can generate anger emotions and u see them open fire at a person just because they are consumed with anger at that moment. Some people already wish someone death just by having a fight with them, imagine when such a person is handed over a gun.




Gun violence is one of the greatest problem in America. We don't need that in Nigeria. It can never be a solution

Theslumflower:
Who is a good person? If I may ask



You will never know the psychopath sitting next to you. It's not written on the face.
Owning a gun will never be a solution to violence in any country. Never.


Check the issue of gun violence in America and you will understand better.
Everyone appears a good citizen until they are given power and don't forget that gun is power. Without gun a police officer won't be feared on the street.

Giving people license to own gun will show you how psychotic some people are, something as little as an altercation can generate anger emotions and u see them open fire at a person just because they are consumed with anger at that moment. Some people already wish someone death just by having a fight with them, imagine when such a person is handed over a gun.




Gun violence is one of the greatest problem in America. We don't need that in Nigeria. It can never be a solution

you don't understand the gun situation in America.

For the record America is not the only country where it is legal to own a firearm neither are they the first to legalize it.


I know Nigerians. They never attack those who have guns at home.

Depressed101:
you don't understand the gun situation in America.

For the record America is not the only country where it is legal to own a firearm neither are they the first to legalize it.


I know Nigerians. They never attack those who have guns at home.

Lol u know Nigerians? Indeed