The West Africa Action Network on Small Arms and Light Weapons (WAANSA) says the current laws regulating small arms and light weapons in the country was outdated and unable to regulate the emerging trends and control of weapons.
It has therefore, called on the government to enact a robust legal system with the passage of the Small Arms and Light Weapons Bill into law to control the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the country which unfortunately entered the wrong hands and are using them in conflict areas especially in the northern part of the country.
These came to light in Accra on Friday, during a media engagement with WAANSA with the objective to enhance their advocacy and lobby capacity for legal reforms in small arms and light weapons in the country.
The President of WAANSA, Ken Kinney, in an address said a proper regulation of small arms and light weapons was necessary to achieve the desired goals of limiting the illegalities of these deadly weapons not only in Ghana but also across the West Africa region.
