DO MORE to stop all these guns coming into Barbados!
That was the call from President of the Senate, Sir Richard Cheltenham, as he reacted to the rising incidence of gun violence.
So far for the year, there have been 13 reported shooting incidents, four of which resulted in deaths.
Declaring there must be “a conversation” on guns coming in, he asked: “Where are these guns coming from?” He added that no-one seemed prepared “to speak with candour and frankness”.
Speaking to THE NATION in Parliament Yard before the Senate sitting began, the Queen’s Counsel suggested that not enough was being done by the agencies charged with responsibility for investigating the origin of the many guns on the island.
“Those who have responsibility for guarding the country – Coast Guard, the police, the airwing – all of them know about it, but nobody seems to say where are these guns coming from and how they are getting in here. That is the disturbing thing,” he said˚.
“Nobody is saying a word about them, nor are they saying anything for themselves . . . . They don’t drop from the heavens like manna!”
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