by Jerome Pinder
Recently Mr. Paul Thompson Sr. had a letter to the Editor of the Tribune entitled "Media can do more on crime prevention education."
For the most part I agree with Mr. Thompson and I certainly support the Royal Bahamas Police Force. However, Mr. Thompson had this to say:
"The media can help in a campaign for a gun court to hear gun possession cases with a 21 - day period, with mandatory penalties of two years for small arms possession and five years for the Uzi, machine gun and the AK 47."
I have no problem with a gun court, but the above proposed penalties to me are a joke. Anyone found with an Uzi or AK 47, only has that for one purpose and that is to kill! We need penalties to be imposed that will send a message to those holding illegal firearms on our streets. These illegal guns on our streets are the same ones used in drive by shootings, killings, and armed robberies...
While I support the cane in such cases, I would also recommend a minimum of 10 years for illegal gun possession.
