Carney Blames Smuggled Firearms for Gun Violence, Shifting Focus From Domestic Gun Control

Carney Blames Smuggled Firearms for Gun Violence, Shifting Focus From Domestic Gun Control

News Analysis The previous Liberal government’s focus in reducing gun violence had been to ban a vast array of previously legal firearms and implement a buyback scheme, but Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke on a different priority this week to tackle the problem. During an unrelated press conference in Hamilton on July 16, Carney echoed what Conservatives and police officials and associations have been saying about what is a core problem of gun …

‘Surge in gun crime threatens regional stability’ – Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation

The surge in gun-related crimes affecting Barbados and its regional neighbours threatens to erode the region’s social and economic stability if left unchecked. This warning comes from Barbados’ Commissioner of Police Richard Boyce. Stressing that the island is not the only country in the Caribbean grappling with the problem, he says a team of local officers is in the Turks and Caicos, assisting that state in its battle with an escalation in fire…