Comments on: Costa Rica police have been systematically seizing legally carried firearms, citizens complain to the Constitutional Court

By: Sally

Sally — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 03:07:00 +0000

Politicians and government employees are a crime gang.

By: Tab RicciBestPot Grower in CR

Tab RicciBestPot Grower in CR — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:54:00 +0000

There are plenty of guns you can buy on the street and therefore afford to lose. Why go through all the hassle of passing the stringent requirements?

By: Pj River

Pj River — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 02:42:00 +0000

Vote for Right Wing PARTIDO LIBERTARIO next elections. Is the only way to stop this madness.

By: Pj River

Pj River — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 02:41:00 +0000

The problem in here, is that we have the law on the law abiding citizen side, but the police is charging against common sense and the seizing are completely ilegal.

By: Chris Thomas

Chris Thomas — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 11:36:00 +0000

The police are the private security guards of the rich in CR the people who run the country, as long as they protect the government from the people in case of a coup they let them do what they want. The CR police is always stopping people in CR harassing people to look for shakedowns all the time, there is no difference between them and the criminals on the street, only difference is the uniform and clean cut appearances, it is one large mafia syndicate.

By: aj seaman

aj seaman — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 23:16:00 +0000

When will the world learn that in
Costa Rica the police ARE the criminals? I am so sad over what has happened to my beautiful country.

By: Joe1047

Joe1047 — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 09:34:00 +0000

This thought process never ceases to amaze me. They have a record year for murders, then say that these increasing problems are only within gangs and drug dealers. Now they decide they need to take guns away from law abiding citizens. If they took the time to legally buy a firearm and get a permit in a place where it is quite easy to get a firearm on the black market do they really think it is that high of a risk. It makes my head spin the lack of intelligence used within the Judicial system. Can’t help but just laugh and shake my head.

By: simple man

simple man — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 05:26:00 +0000

One must remember that as we refer to the Constitutional Court rulings in Costa Rica under their Constitutional Laws. You cannot antiquate the Napoleonic origins of Spanish law with the English origins or U.S. Constitutional Law. The cornerstones that lay the groundwork for individual freedoms may not always in cultures be necessarily equal across the board, or the great oceans. The high courts of these cultures opinion on the stability of it’s social fabric will change as the statistics harm to the public changes. Thus begins the process of removal of privileges, not freedoms previous granted.

By: Ken Morris

Ken Morris — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 22:25:00 +0000

Worrisome is that the Constitutional Court is allowing this to happen. While I can understand how many people, and possibly the police too, can believe that this is a good idea, the judges ought to be held to higher standards of jurisprudence. This isn’t the first time those judges have inserted their personal opinions to make laws, but it should be the last time.

By the logic of this ruling, any property anybody has can be confiscated anytime by the police. Or, if the Court wants to say that only property requiring a special license can be confiscated, it would follow that anybody’s vehicle can be confiscated anytime too. Heck, a doctor’s medical bag can be confiscated. And so on.

This is just a Court out of control. If the legislature wants to pass a stiffer gun policy–or even pass a law banning guns altogether–it can do so and the Court can uphold that law. However, the Court has no authority to add its own riders to the law.

By: disgusted

disgusted — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 20:01:00 +0000

Reading this article about how it now legal for the police at their discretion take our weapons. Even though WE follow the laws and law abiding citizens here. Really makes one angry. Look many of us travel to a farm or isolated property it is the only thing I have that I can use to defend myself. I wonder how many of the weapons get lost from the police pick up to the police station. And how you waste a day doing that….

I hope some smart Tico lawyers if any here will be able to make a case against this thievery and disarming us the people. Look what happened another couple being robbed and nearly killed.. 3 stores in 45 minutes robbed I think one killed last night on the news today at lunchtime.

The judges, diputados, ex Presidents, OIJ personal, Police all are armed however we the common Peons are left in the sewer of humanity defend ourselves with sticks while the murders have guns .. CR over thinks everything from a 5th graders view point.