# Colombia’s new president loosens gun control rules

https://mins.news/en/item/51411

- BBC News, 2026-09-09 11:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlwekrl3dqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has signed a decree lifting a decade-long suspension on carrying legally held firearms in public. Permit holders may take registered guns outside their homes if their permits are current, while Green Alliance senator Ariel Ávila called the measure a “grave error.”

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