Colombia's new president loosens gun control rules

• De la Espriella, who during his campaign for the presidency promised to take an iron-fist approach to crime, said it was "not right that criminals are armed to the teeth while decent people can't defend themselves".
• The decree lifts a suspension that had been in force for a de
• Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has signed a decree which eases restrictions on people carrying legal firearms in public.