Ban pellet toy guns in VI– Cromwell Smith
Mr Smith was at the time interviewing Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) on ZBVI 780 AM on February 13, 2023, when he called for a ban on the guns, hinting that it could lead to more gun Crimes in the VI.
“There's got some guns in the community… they have like magazines, and they shoot little pellets like an automatic rifle. You squeeze the trigger, it's battery operated, and it spits pellets like a machine gun like it was M16 or AK47,” he detailed.
Smith said within the community children would wear goggles and hoodies to protect their skin and would engage in full gang wars in areas like the Greenland field.
'I've been hit a couple of times' - Smith
Mr Smith said in the 'friendly' gang wars children would tell each other, "I’m going to kill you," in a playful manner; however, it can become more serious.
“I've been hit a couple of times and it has a little sting, it's not a handful in that sense, but I think it's hurtful, you know, psychological,
“From a psychological perspective, that psychological development, you could see this graduating into something more serious,” he said while calling for a ban on the toy guns from the VI community.
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27 Responses to “Ban pellet toy guns in VI– Cromwell Smith”
The Only thing Affecting our Children are the Electronic Devices that we allow to raise them. they now have access to limitless information. Music promoting violence (even from our local artists) and Sex all Mold their minds. not all but most. I have Played call of duty, Grand Theft Auto etc. and turned out just fine..
toy guns are the least of the problems.
when a bird on my mango tree i need that pellet gun parna,
I was driving home in the west on more than one occasion, and I have seen a group of young boys about 6 of them in Hannahs Estate between 15-18 years walking from Billy's Suprette with long black pellet guns and black hoodies over their head. They act like they are bad and try to frighten people. This made me so nervous, because I dont know whether they were real or not. Inciting fear in people with the crime rate in our country is not cool or a game. if this continue to be ignored, you never know when they will hold the real thing and hurt someone.
Parents need to monitor their children, especially their sons, and tell them stop keep bad company. Even with the video games they are playing with at home is making a big impact on their minds. They are becoming prone and sensitized to violence. It is like nothing to them.
Allowed me please to to help show you why it not guns that shoot people, but rather, people use guns to shoot others, sometimes self.
Of the two, self enflict wounds are more harder to overcome, because when the human mind is set to on doing harm to their neighbors, and or self, it has first been harmed by selfish hatred against self. All acts against others and self are self enflict wounds that can be cured.
The BVI is a wounded Overseas Territory of the UK, because of the lust of our mind mostly for the things that gratify our fleshly desires. Political power probably top the list.
Note: 1. when human shoots a fish or other creatures for food, they eat them. If you and I have no desire to eat humans, we should not shoot to kill them, either. But we have the God given right to defend, the best we can, against evil shooters, for defensive reason, only.
Note: 2. Thou (You nor I) shalt (should) not murder our neighbors. Amen.
See section 4 regarding "imitation firearms"
70. (1) Any person who caries or has in his possession any offensive weapon or any explosive or incendiary device, in any public place or outside his own house or premises, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, or both.
(2) Where the offensive weapon is a firearm, a person does not commit an offence under this section if he is in the possession of a firearm license, issued under the Firearms Ordinance and a permit in writing, signed by the Commissioner of Police, giving him permission to carry the firearm outside his house or premises.
(3) Where the offensive weapon is a knife, a person does not commit an offence under this section if he proves that he was wearing or carrying the knife outside his own house or premises for some lawful purpose, for which the knife was necessary.
(4) For the purposes of this section and imitation firearm shall be deemed to be an offensive weapon and “imitation firearm” means anything which has the appearance of a firearm, whether or not the same is capable of being fired.
(5) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent any police officer or member of Her Majesty’s armed forces from wearing or carrying any firearm, sword, staff or other weapon issued for the purposes of his duty.
Secondly, There are much more critical topics to discuss, like the lack of funding for proper mental health service here in the Virgin Islands. Let's stay focus of the real issues.
First nation and Ameridians.. Alcohol
Afro Caribbean/Afro Americans..guns.
How many times till you see..jeez man