Gibbs made the point to the media at the Hilton Hotel in Port of Spain the launch of a regional project on gun control,
A gun amnesty project in Toronto worked very well but Gibbs is not sure that it is what is required now. “Although gun amnesty has proven value abroad, at this time we have chosen to put it on the back burner in favour of other initiatives,” he said.
The project involves Caricom's Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) and the Canadian NGO, Project Ploughshares.
IMPACS is coordinating the three-year project, which aims to modernise and integrate the region’s information management systems in the area of arms and ammunition and to develop anti-gun policy.
Antigua's National Security Minister of Antigua, Dr Errol Cort, who delivered who delivered the feature address noted that Trinidad and Tobago is one of the few members of Caricom to implement measures recommended by the United Nations on gun control.
Trinidad and Tobago's National Security Minister John Sandy stated that his government fully supports the program since reducing the illegal supply of handguns to criminals is critical to reducing gun violence.
Sandy said a bill to amend the Firearms Act is now before Parliament, noting that it is a part of Government’s plans to fight gun crime in the country.
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