CO129-489 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12] — Page 514

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84.

The grant of permission to loyal citizens to carry arms

has obviously to be exercised with discretion, and I quite

understand the view of the Authorities that possession of

arms by those unskilled in their use may be more of a danger than a safeguard to them. But when these men are enrolled as special constables and given the duty of arresting criminals, some of whom may possibly be desperate characters, it appears only right and logical to provide them with arms as good as those which the criminals may be erected to possess. Men given revolvers to enable them to discharge puolic duties, such as Police Reserves, can easily be put through a course of training in the use of firearms, These men are normally peaceful citizens who have no experience of the methods of de- fending themselves without arms, or of affecting arrests by mere skill of physical strength; and therefore their confidence would be enormously increased by the mere possession of a revolver, while at the same time they would be more feared by wrong-doers. Both Kr. P.F.J. Wodehouse and Mr. T.H.King granted permission to carry arms whenever recommended by Mr. Chow Shou-son or me, and this concession has been much appreciated by the law-abiding Chinese. Nevertheless, we consider that it has not gone far enough, and we therefore suggest that mambers of the Police Reserve might be given revolvers when on duty; and that each Street Committee might be allowed and be made responsible for, a couple of revolvers for the use of their guards. At any rate, if no revolvers can be supplied, at least a better type of truncheon might be issued. The ordinary police truncheon is not consider- ed to be a very serviceable weapon for dealing with desperate characters, and a new type with its head loaded with lead has been suggested.

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Chinese Domestic Pervants.

85.- Recommendation: In the past we have been too dependent upon the Chinese for our domestic service. In view of our ex-