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Tribune News ServiceAmritsar, November 12Concerned over repeated incidents of firing in the rural belt by the arms licence holders, the police have decided to tighten noose around them. The police have asked Station House Officers (SHOs) and gazetted officers to prepare a list of arms licence holders involved in firing incidents in the past and recommend cancellation of their licences. “It has been observed that people were resorting to firing even in cases of minor tussle, leading to law and order problem. He also asked licence holders to keep their weapons in safe custody and under lock and not to flash these as status symbol. He said all SHOs had been asked to check if licence holders were keeping their weapons safely and take action in case they failed to do so..