‘If you can’t protect us, give us gun licenses’

Rajkot: Exasperated over rising crimes against the fairer sex, a group of girls have sought official permission to use fire arms in their self defence.
On Monday, around 30 girls led by a Class IX girl Mittal Parmar, submitted a memorandum to the district collector in this regard.
“Crimes against women are now being committed in broad daylight. This proves that there is no law and order in this country and we (the women) now have been left to protect ourselves,” the memorandum addressed to Gujarat governor stated.
Parmar said, “If the government can’t protect us, they should allow us to protect ourselves. Therefore, we are asking government to issue us gun licences.”
The young girls claimed that the anti-romeo squad and 181 helpline were not yielding the desired results and helping women feel safer.
District collector Remya Mohan said, "The women have submitted a memorandum and some of them even applied for the gun licence but in the old format. Anyway, most of them were below 18 years, so there is no question of giving licence."