Gun Policy News
Virgin Islands Law Now Requires All Guns to Be Registered
1 August 2016
The Virgin Islands Consortium
Governor Kenneth Mapp has signed into law a measure requiring all guns coming into the territory be registered at ports of entry — including sea and land.
The bill's sponsor, Senator Tregenza A. Roach, says it was forged based on complaints by Virgin Islands Police Department officials, who argued that weapons that are not registered eventually fall into the wrong hands and cannot be tracked.
Mr. Roach, who said he has a "growing concern" for the escalation of gun... (GunPolicy.org)