Firearm News
Barbados
Barbados AG Worried About Recent Spate of Gun Murders
18 June 2014
Caribbean 360
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Six murders involving the use of firearms this year have Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite, vowing to crackdown on people trying to smuggle guns into the country.
On Monday, Brathwaite said as of the end of May, there were six murders committed with the use of guns, compared to two for the same period last year.
"If firearms are coming into the country illegally, it is not just a police matter. It is a Customs matter, it is a Coast Guard... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Caribbean 360
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Barbados
Drugs for Guns Trade Seen in Barbados
14 October 2013
Stabroek News (Guyana) / Daily Nation (Barbados)
The drugs-for-guns trade has reached Barbados and could be largely responsible for the increased presence and use of firearms here, say police sources.
And intelligence gathered by the Regional Security Systems (RSS), the organization charged with the defence and security of the Eastern Caribbean region, seems to support this.
DAILY NATION investigations have revealed that some of the guns flowing into Barbados were sent by suppliers connected to local dealers in lieu... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Stabroek News (Guyana) / Daily Nation (Barbados)
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Barbados
Barbados Officials Tracking Suspicious Gun Imports
27 September 2013
Stabroek News (Guyana)
Police investigators were yesterday working with the Customs Department to determine from which country 18 disassembled firearms were shipped into Barbados.
They were also looking for a fourth suspect in connection with Tuesday's weapons discovery at a Christ Church home, which included various calibers of guns and ammunition.
The suspected involvement of a Customs broker and a mechanic among three people held by lawmen has triggered an intelligence operation headed... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Stabroek News (Guyana)
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Barbados
Barbados Officials Warn Criminals are Stealing IDs to Illegally Import Guns
30 April 2013
Stabroek News (Guyana)
Barbadians are being advised to be careful with their identification cards as criminals are using stolen or bogus cards in their operations to import illegal drugs and guns.
Speaking to the Daily Nation yesterday, head of the Police Drug Squad, Superintendent Grafton Phillips, said that over the last year the Drug Squad had discovered that people were going to the Bridgetown Port, post offices, the cargo section at Grantley Adams International Airport and courier... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Stabroek News (Guyana)
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Barbados
Gun Club Officials Charged Over Illegal Machine Guns in Barbados
13 February 2012
Real Jamaican Radio
Shooting clubs and gun dealers in Barbados are at the centre of police investigations following the discovery of a number of unregistered high powered weapons.
Among the weapons were a number of M4 assault rifles used for single and automatic fire, President Barbados Rifle Association (BRA), Michael Holder, club secretary Debbie Holder and committee member Richard Arthur, were charged with illegal possession of firearms and or ammunition. Another club member was being... (GunPolicy.org)
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Barbados
Barbados Gun Dealer, Gun Lobby Leader Faces Illegal Firearm Charges
4 February 2012
Stabroek News (Guyana)
A gun dealer charged with not only failing to register his transactions but with possession of 21 guns – some of them high-powered weapons – without the proper licences was remanded after a late afternoon court appearance yesterday.
Michael Holder, 43, of Christ Church, had 25 charges, including 21 charges of possession of illegal firearms, read to him by Magistrate Graveney Bannister. Holder appeared in the District "A" Magistrates' Court.
The president of the... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Stabroek News (Guyana)
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Caribbean,Bahamas,Jamaica,St Kitts & Nevis,Trinidad & Tobago,Antigua & Barbuda,Barbados,St Lucia,North America,Europe
Caribbean Nations Demand Global Gun Trade Treaty to Curb Armed Crime
11 October 2011
Caribbean 360 (Barbados)
NEW YORK, United States - Battling the scourge of rising crime and violence and some of the world's highest murders rates, Caribbean nations are appealing to the United Nation for help.
They are urging the world body to help them stem the unrelenting flow of guns and ammunition to the region.
From the Bahamas, Jamaica and St. Kitts-Nevis, countries with some of the world's highest homicide rates, Trinidad and Tobago, which already has a state of emergency in place... (GunPolicy.org)
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Barbados
Investigation Seeks Handguns Missing from Barbados Police Station
23 October 2009
Daily Nation (Barbados)
Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin has ordered a full-scale internal investigation into the theft of two police Glock guns.
His comments followed the arrest and charging on Wednesday of Police Constable Ron Connell in connection with the theft of one of the guns from the Holetown Police Station.
Connell, 29, of Golden Mile, St Peter, appeared at the Holetown Magistrates' Court yesterday to answer the charge.
"I've ordered an internal inquiry into our procedures to... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Daily Nation (Barbados)
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Barbados,Caribbean,Canada,United States
Barbados Hosts Caribbean Meeting on UN Firearms Protocol
11 June 2009
Caribbean Net News
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Gun related crimes connected to the trafficking of illegal drugs and firearms are on the increase.
This was revealed by Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Attorney General, Antoinette Williams, during the recent launch of a regional workshop on the implementation of the United Nations Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts, components, ammunition and other related instruments, at the... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Caribbean Net News
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Caribbean,United States,Anguilla,Antigua & Barbuda,Aruba,Barbados,Dominica,Grenada,St Vincent & Grenadines
Top Caribbean Cop Pins Rise in Violent Crime on Gun Trafficking
7 April 2009
South Florida Caribbean News
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — One of the region's top law enforcement officers said there is a direct link between the rise in violent crime in the Caribbean and gun trafficking.
Chairman of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police, Mr. Darwin Dottin said a study has shown that there could be as many as 1.6 million illegal guns in the region.
Speaking at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a United States law enforcement agency which will... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: South Florida Caribbean News
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Caribbean,United States,Anguilla,Antigua & Barbuda,Aruba,Barbados,Dominica,Grenada,St Kitts & Nevis,St Vincent & Grenadines
US, Nine Caribbean Nations Sign Agreement to Help Trace Illegal Guns
1 April 2009
Caribbean Net News
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Nine Caribbean islands on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a United States law enforcement agency which will greatly enhance their ability to track and fight firearms trafficking and illegal possession in the region.
In a morning ceremony at the home of United States Charge d'Affaires to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Brent Hardt, police Commissioners and senior officers from Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba,... (GunPolicy.org)
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Barbados
Barbados Police Plan to Rewrite Firearm Law, Target Youth Gun Crime
5 January 2009
Daily Nation (Barbados)
Gun-toting criminals are steering down the barrel of new anti-firearms action by police.
Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin said at an end-of-year Press conference recently at the Prince Cave Hall at the District "A" Police Station, police firearms policy would be re-written.
"We will be rolling out a programme to give Barbadians an opportunity to be involved in this matter of trying to curb the use of firearms in our nation. The firearms policy will be rewritten... (GunPolicy.org)
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Barbados Police Propose Firearm Amnesty to Tackle Upsurge in Gun Crime
29 January 2008
Daily Nation (Barbados)
People holding guns illegally may soon have a chance to hand them over to the police without fear of prosecution.
It is one of the options the police are considering as they tackle an upsurge in gun crimes.
Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin disclosed this yesterday during a break in touring, with new Attorney-General Freundel Stuart, the temporary and new police facilities under construction in Crab Hill, St Lucy.
"I thought about it," he said of the gun... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Daily Nation (Barbados)
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Barbados
Barbados Police Anti-Gun Unit Back on Patrol 'In Full Force'
20 September 2006
Daily Nation (Barbados)
The Royal Barbados Police Force's special Anti-Gun Unit is back on the streets in full force.
That's the word from crime chief, Assistant Commissioner of Police Seymour Cumberbatch, in light of a recent upsurge in gun-related crimes.
There were four separate shooting incidents over the past weekend, resulting in at least five people being injured.
"The Anti-Gun Unit will be reactivated and refocused," Cumberbatch told the MIDWEEK NATION yesterday, noting that it... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Daily Nation (Barbados)
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Barbados
Ministers Talk Security
15 October 2004
Daily Nation (Barbados)
When Caricom foreign ministers met recently in New York under the chairmanship of Barbados' Dame Billie Miller to consider some of the key issues before the United Nations, a matter bubbled at or near the top.
It was peace, security and stability in the Caribbean.
No, it wasn't about weapons of mass destruction. Nor did it concern the kind of terrorism which was tragically inflicted on the United States on 9/11.
Instead, it was about how the region could survive in a... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Daily Nation (Barbados)
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