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This new ruling has brought into national law - from January 1 2018 onwards - the previous public security act of March 1 2017, which proposed allowing security guards to carry weapons and police officers to increase their self-defence options, in a climate of perceived heightened terrorist threats.

The decree reads: 鈥淧rotection officers will now be able to be armed when they 鈥榓re providing protection for a person exposed to exceptional risks鈥�.鈥�

This can range from lethal weapons - such as guns - if life is perceived to be at risk, or in less-severe situations, non-lethal weapons, such as telescopic batons and tear gas aerosols.

This change in the law has been long-awaited in the world of private security, according to .

Yet, the measure has received criticism from some sides, with human rights group La Commission Nationale Consultative des Droits de l'Homme (CNCDH) questioning the decision to give weapons to security staff whose 鈥渟election process, training and supervision is far from that required for police, gendarmerie, and other official law enforcement staff鈥�.

The CNCDH also criticised the lack of 鈥渃entral chain of command鈥� for security staff, and said that the move would 鈥渦sher the banalisation of the presence of armed people in a public space鈥�, and 鈥渃hange the social relationship with weapons鈥�.