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Golding blames US for illegal guns
CMC
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said the importation of illegal guns from the United States is contributing significantly to the country’s worsening crime situation.
"The security forces recover, on average, 600 guns each year. We suspect that a greater number enter the island each year, creating an ever increasing arsenal of illegal weapons snuffing out lives with callous brutality,” Golding told Parliament as he made his contribution to the debate on the 2010 national budget yesterday.
He told legislators that the majority of the illegal weapons were made in the United States. Last year, more than 1,600 persons were murdered in Jamaica.
"A resolution before the United Nations for an international convention to restrict the illegal trafficking in small arms is still the subject of negotiations. In the meanwhile, we intend to renew our efforts to strengthen bilateral cooperation with the US with a view to addressing the flow of illegal guns from the US to Jamaica with the same vigour that we seek to apply to the flow of illegal drugs from Jamaica to the US,” Golding said.
The prime minister said that his administration would be bringing to Parliament anti-gang legislation to enable law enforcement agencies to move more effectively against criminal gangs.
"Today's criminal networks did not exist when the existing law enforcement powers were created. The spanner we have was never made to fit the nut we have to crack,” Golding said.
“The regulations to allow for the use of plea bargaining have been reported on by the Regulations Committee and it is for the House now to confirm those regulations so that this important tool can be brought to bear in solving crime. This will play a significant role but the suspect has to be apprehended before he can be invited to bargain a plea" he added.
CMC
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said the importation of illegal guns from the United States is contributing significantly to the country’s worsening crime situation.
"The security forces recover, on average, 600 guns each year. We suspect that a greater number enter the island each year, creating an ever increasing arsenal of illegal weapons snuffing out lives with callous brutality,” Golding told Parliament as he made his contribution to the debate on the 2010 national budget yesterday.
He told legislators that the majority of the illegal weapons were made in the United States. Last year, more than 1,600 persons were murdered in Jamaica.
"A resolution before the United Nations for an international convention to restrict the illegal trafficking in small arms is still the subject of negotiations. In the meanwhile, we intend to renew our efforts to strengthen bilateral cooperation with the US with a view to addressing the flow of illegal guns from the US to Jamaica with the same vigour that we seek to apply to the flow of illegal drugs from Jamaica to the US,” Golding said.
The prime minister said that his administration would be bringing to Parliament anti-gang legislation to enable law enforcement agencies to move more effectively against criminal gangs.
"Today's criminal networks did not exist when the existing law enforcement powers were created. The spanner we have was never made to fit the nut we have to crack,” Golding said.
“The regulations to allow for the use of plea bargaining have been reported on by the Regulations Committee and it is for the House now to confirm those regulations so that this important tool can be brought to bear in solving crime. This will play a significant role but the suspect has to be apprehended before he can be invited to bargain a plea" he added.
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