To prevent and effectively combat this type of crime, the Ministry of Public Security recommends that people:

- Strictly comply with the provisions of the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Supporting Tools. Do not illegally produce, manufacture, store, transport, use, trade, or assist in any violations of the law on weapons, explosives and supporting tools.weapons, explosivesand support tools.

- When detecting violations of the law on weapons, explosives and supporting tools, immediately report to the nearest police agency or local authorities for timely prevention and handling measures.

Lieutenant General To An Xo - Chief of Office, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security.

- Organizations and individuals currently storing weapons, explosives and supporting tools must voluntarily go to the police to hand them over; in case of intentional violations, when discovered, they will be strictly handled according to the provisions of law.

During the peak period of attacking and suppressing crimes to ensure security and order during the Lunar New Year 2022, the police of units and localities discovered and arrested 565 cases, 902 subjects illegally manufacturing, trading, transporting, storing, and using weapons, explosives, and supporting tools, and confiscated 249 guns of all kinds, including 359 cases and 622 subjects illegally using weapons, explosives, and supporting tools. However, crimes and violations of the law on weapons, explosives, and supporting tools remain complicated.

The Ministry of Public Security said it will direct the Public Security of units and localities to focus on implementing a number of key tasks:

- Advise local Party committees and authorities to direct agencies, departments, unions, political and social organizations to propagate and mobilize people to strictly comply with the provisions of the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Supporting Tools. Step up propaganda and mobilization work to mobilize people to hand over weapons, explosives and supporting tools to thoroughly recover weapons, explosives and supporting tools remaining in society. Organize screening and make a list of subjects with criminal records, suspected of illegally storing and using weapons, explosives and supporting tools to have measures to propagate, mobilize, fight and handle.

The subject who caused the military shooting that injured one person on the morning of November 20, 2021, at a coffee shop on Dinh Cong Trang Street (Vinh City). Photo: Binh Minh

- Strengthen the work of grasping the situation and conflicts among the people to promptly detect and have plans to handle incidents, not letting conflicts accumulate and prolong, resolving large conflicts into small ones, small ones into no more conflicts, not allowing crimes to arise, including crimes using weapons, explosives, and supporting tools to commit crimes.

- Do a good job of receiving reports, denouncing crimes, and recommending prosecutions related to weapons, explosives, and supporting tools. For cases involving weapons, explosives, and supporting tools, it is necessary to focus on investigating, clarifying, and tracing the origin of weapons, explosives, and supporting tools to strictly handle the subjects.

Provincial police leaders directly directed the scene to arrest Cao Trong Phu (wearing a hat and black shirt), residing in Nghi Kim commune - the subject who used a gun to shoot two people to death. Photo: Reporter Team

- Coordinate with functional forces (Customs, Border Guard, Coast Guard, Market Management...) to strengthen inspection and strict control of border lines, border gates, seaports, trails, and openings, promptly detect and prevent acts of illegal buying, selling, and transporting of weapons, explosives, and illegal support tools from foreign countries into Vietnam.

The crime of illegally manufacturing, storing, transporting, using, trading or appropriating military weapons and military technical equipment is regulated in Article 304 of the 2015 Penal Code, amended and supplemented in 2017. The law stipulates that the penalty for this crime is divided into four frames. Accordingly, frame one (clause 1) has a prison term of 01 to 07 years. Frame two (clause 2) has a prison term of 05 to 12 years. Frame three (clause 3) has a prison term of 10 to 15 years. Frame four (clause 4) has a prison term of 15 to 20 years or life imprisonment.

In addition to being subject to one of the above main penalties, depending on each specific case, the offender may also be subject to: a fine from VND 10,000,000 to VND 50,000,000, probation or residence ban from 01 year to 05 years.