Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Jack Warn­er sees no rea­sons why firearms should not be giv­en to busi­ness­men who qual­i­fy. Re­spond­ing to ques­tions from re­porters at his Ch­agua­nas West Con­stituen­cy of­fice yes­ter­day, Warn­er said he sup­port­ed Ch­agua­nas May­or Or­lan­do Nages­sar who said busi­ness­men are re­gard­ed by crim­i­nal el­e­ments as easy tar­gets.

How­ev­er, the min­is­ter said the de­ci­sion to is­sue firearms is one for the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice. Warn­er said the act­ing Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Stephen Williams will be in­spect­ing eight sites for new po­lice sta­tions to­day. He said con­struc­tion of the sta­tions will be­gin next week. They will be lo­cat­ed in Moru­ga, La Brea, Oropouche, Ari­ma, Pi­ar­co, Cu­mu­to, Mal­oney and Bras­so.

Warn­er said the first draft of his crime plan for T&T will be ready in one week and will be sent to Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar. He said some parts of the plan are al­ready in ef­fect. The min­is­ter plans to rec­om­mend that spe­cial re­serve po­lice­men be as­signed to com­mu­ni­ties to sup­port crime-fight­ing ef­forts.