Women don’t need firearms, others will protect you

M. Venkaiah Naidu

December 11, 2019 04:18 pm | Updated 04:18 pm IST

With two women MPs asking to speak as the discussion on the Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was wrapping up on Tuesday evening, Rajya Sabha chairperson M. Venkaiah Naidu remarked that he thought women did not need firearms and that others would protect them.

“In my opinion, women don’t need firearms, others will protect you,” he said.

Though he said the time allotted to the discussion had finished, he said, “One of the two women” could speak.

He then allowed BJP MP Roopa Ganguly to speak. She said that she had been shooting since childhood and that she enjoyed it.

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