Lt Gen H S Panag PVSM, AVSM (R) served in the Indian Army for 40 years. He was GOC in C Northern Command and Central Command. Post retirement, he was Member of Armed Forces Tribunal.
India, with its colonial mentality and incompetent police who do not know basic line formation for crowd control, does not have the courage to ban shotguns. Indian police will continue to wear cricket helmets and cricket pads while charging at protesters. I saw textbook crowd control policing during the UK riots when David Cameron was PM. The British taught all the wrong things to our police and left.
My first memory of pellet guns is from school in Poona. Used to hunt pigeons. ( Whom we feed at home ). They should not be used on Indian citizens. Not in Kashmir, not in Delhi. The Supreme Court has the power to ban their use by security forces. With profound respect, it should.
India, with its colonial mentality and incompetent police who do not know basic line formation for crowd control, does not have the courage to ban shotguns. Indian police will continue to wear cricket helmets and cricket pads while charging at protesters. I saw textbook crowd control policing during the UK riots when David Cameron was PM. The British taught all the wrong things to our police and left.
My first memory of pellet guns is from school in Poona. Used to hunt pigeons. ( Whom we feed at home ). They should not be used on Indian citizens. Not in Kashmir, not in Delhi. The Supreme Court has the power to ban their use by security forces. With profound respect, it should.