GUYANA- “Skeptics will always be skeptics and especially persons who don’t want to try new strategies. I have tried it and obviously it is successful” Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, has lashed out at skeptics of his gun amnesty programme. He has said that had they tried it while they had the chance, the crime rate involving the use of guns might not have been so high. Ramjattan was directly referring to former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee who had publicly criticized the programme, boldly declaring that it will not work in Guyana. “Skeptics will always be skeptics, especially persons who don’t want to try new strategies. I have tried it and obviously it is successful,” Ramjattan told this newspaper yesterday. So far, the amnesty, which was originally scheduled to last for one month and which has been extended by two weeks, has already realized the surrender of a total of 142 illegal firearms, a figure which Minister Ramjattan described as excellent.(KAIETEUR NEWS/ kaieteurnewsonline.com)…[+]