Caribbean leaders agree on plan to ban assault-style weapons

[Judi Lynn]

By Associated Press
April 19, 2023 at 2:56 p.m. EDT

GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Caribbean Community leaders have agreed on plans to introduce bans in their countries on assault-style weapons mostly manufactured in the U.S. to curb spikes in gun violence and weapons smuggling in the 15-nation Caricom bloc.

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The Caribbean leaders had called a roundtable on the issue amid complaints from several governments about an increase in gangland violence, bolstered by the availability of high-powered, military-style weapons smuggled mostly from the U.S.

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“Caricom heads have agreed today to take a decision to ban the use and presence of assault weapons in the civilian population of our nations,” host Prime Minister Keith Rowley told reporters at the end of the summit, attended by a majority of heads of government.

The move came just a few weeks after several member nations announced plans to join with Mexico to sue American gun manufacturers over the weapons smuggled into their countries.

More:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/caribbean-assault-weapon-ban-caricom-rowley/f531ccbe-dee3-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html

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https://archive.ph/GKaNa

[no_hypocrisy]

1. What about Haiti? There's a lot of political unrest in that country.