If these checks do not pass, their permits will be canceled and their weapons will be confiscated, Prime Minister of Montenegro Milojko Spajić announced, reports Vijesti.
He said this after the session of the National Security Council, which was convened after a serious crime in Cetinje, in which 1 people were killed on January 12, including two children. Four people were seriously wounded.
The suspect for a serious crime in Cetinje, Aco Martinović (45), succumbed to his injuries the same night after shooting himself in the head, surrounded by the police who searched for him for several hours.
The situation with illegal weapons, Spajić said, "is even worse."
"The 'Respect life, return the weapons' campaign has already produced results. She will be sentenced for two months. If people return illegal weapons within that period, there will be no legal consequences. But whoever does not return it after that deadline will be severely punished," Spajić announced.
He explained that after that deadline, the new Weapons Law will come into force, and any carrying or possession of weapons will be punished with the highest penalties.
"There will be no mercy for those people," Spajić pointed out. He claims that the law will be explicit and will leave no room for pressure on judges, but will foresee drastic minimum sentences.
He says that hunting companies will also have to renew their licenses by January 1.1.2026, XNUMX. year.
"Regarding sports-hunting associations, of which there are too many, and which are often used for the acquisition of illegal weapons and recruitment into the OKG... I am personally of the opinion that they should be banned and that the state can be the only one that would organize such associations", he said. is Spajić.
Martinović illegally kept weapons
Aco Martinović (45) from Cetinje, who killed 12 people and wounded four in that city, was given a suspended sentence in 2005 for violent behavior
The police had previously observed antisocial behavior with him and requested a psychiatric examination. Martinović was then prescribed therapy at the Health Center, but was not referred to a specialized health facility.
Speaking about the profile of the mass murderer, Acting Director of the Police Administration (UP) Lazar Šćepanović said earlier that Aco Martinović was born in 1979 in Cetinje. He was engaged in repairing and painting cars. He was unmarried, childless, and lived alone.
Šćepanović also said that, according to the official data of the Police Administration, the killer was not considered a person of operational interest.
According to Šćepanović, the police searched Martinović's family house on November 28, 2022, and they found two air rifles, 43 pieces of bullets of different calibers, one larger improvised explosive device of great destructive power and a set for cleaning firearms.
Source: Vijesti/RTCG