Bowen Urges Focus on Gun Sources, Calls for Container Scanning
Opposition MP Sherfield Bowen says authorities must prioritize tracing how illegal firearms are entering the country and adopt new technology to stop them at the border.
Speaking at a United Progressive Party town hall, Bowen rejected what he described as “knee-jerk” reactions to violent incidents and argued that combating crime requires planning and coordination across sectors. He pointed to the rise in gun-related crimes as a pressing national concern.
“One of the biggest factors in the escalation of crime is gun violence,” Bowen said. “The beginning of this analysis to deal with crime, you have to figure out where the guns are coming from. Where are the guns coming from? How do they get to Antigua?”
Bowen questioned whether the weapons were arriving by sea through remote drop-offs or hidden in shipping containers entering local ports. He said identifying those channels must be the “first order of business” in addressing the problem.
“If in fact they’re coming from containers laden with goods, then you need to increase the checking of containers,” he said. “You need to invest in various technologies that can scan these containers and detect whether weapons are in them and combat that”.
He added that because Antigua and Barbuda does not manufacture firearms, all weapons are being brought in from abroad. Tackling the flow at its source, he argued, is essential to curbing crime.
Bowen also called for a broader, long-term strategy that brings together police, educators, social workers and communities, insisting that only a coordinated approach can deliver lasting results.
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This is indeed our biggest worry in Antigua and Barbuda and even in the Caribbean and there are no quick fixes to remedy it. Many criminal networks in the US purchase firearms and ammunition at licensed retailers, gun shows and pawn shops and many of these guns and amunitions are smuggled to Caribbean nations like Antigua and Barbuda via sea, often hidden in containers passing through the ports and are usually intermingled with food, clothing and other personal effects. In many instances, firearms are exchanged for drugs between countries – even between Caribbean countries. Additionally, with our vast unpolished regions and porous borders, it provides an easy cover for smuggling operating.
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OPEN BACK THE CASE
JUSTICE FOR TESSA BARTHLEY!!!
OPEN BACK THE CASE
JUSTICE FOR TESSA BARTHLEY!!!
OPEN BACK THE CASE
JUSTICE FOR TESSA BARTHLEY!!!!
OPEN BACK THE CASE
JUSTICE FOR TESSA BARTHLEY!!!!
OPEN BACK THE CASE
JUSTICE FOR TESSA BARTHLEY!!!!!
OPEN BACK THE CASE
JUSTICE FOR TESSA BARTHLEY!!!!!
OPEN BACK THE CASE
JUSTICE FOR TESSA BARTHLEY!!!!!
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JUSTICE FOR TESSA BARTHLEY!!!!
OPEN BACK THE CASE
Look who’s talking!!!! UPP please stop it!!! this dude has NO MORAL AUTHORITY to talk about any type of GUNS (legal or illegal). You know his history.
Bowen, a lawyer and accountant by profession, was charged for the murder of Tessa Barthley. Ms. Barthley was shot in her neck on 16 th December 2003 outside Bowen’s office at Nevis Street, St. John’s. She died on 23 rd December 2003.
BLOOD OOZING OUT HER NECK
GUNSHOT RESIDUE
POW!!! POW!!!!
They heard what sounded like a firecracker. Shortly thereafter, Constable Charles went towards his vehicle which was parked in the vicinity of Bowen’s office. He saw Bowen sitting on the steps of the building which housed his office. He saw Ms. Barthley lying on the ground not far from his motor car.
At least Pringle never shot anybody. Why not let Pringle be the one to speak on this topic?
You send “Satan to correct sin”?????
Murderer! Blood is on your shoulders
Kill I today you cannot kill I tomorrow
Murder! Your insides must be hollow
How does it feel to take the life of another
Murderer! Blood is on your shoulder
Kill me today you cannot kill I tomorrow
Murder! Your insides must be hollow
How does it feel to take a life?
Yes, you can hide from man but not your conscience
You eat the bread of sorrow
Drink the wine of violence
Allow yourself to be conquered by the serpent
Why did you disobey the first commandment
Walk through the valley I fear no pestilence
God is my witness and He is my evidence
Lift up mine eyes from whence cometh help
Dem coulda never escape this judgement
Murderer! Blood is on your shoulder
Kill I today you cannot kill I tomorrow
Murder! Your insides must be hollow
How does it feel to take a life?
The foreigners are bringing them in. Every person and package from Jamaica, Guayana, the DR, and Trinidad should be searched.
you still sticking with that UPP anti-foreigners policy?
Is he the Shadow Minister of Justice?
That young gal blood a cry from beyond de grave. Shame on Bowen.