Stay Calm, Government remains resolute on fighting crime: PM Gonsalves

Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves insists that the government remains resolute on fighting crime and maintaining the security of each Vincentian is priority.

Speaking in response to Wednesday night’s shootings, the Prime Minister said additional security measures will be ramped up nationwide.

Speaking with the API, Dr. Gonsalves said Wednesday’s killings point to the issue of guns and their ease of access out of the United States.

“This fascination with guns and the guns coming from USA and then the ease in which they come in and then it’s mixed with drugs and other matters of vanity and all kinds of quest for power through the gun, we have to look to see if there is external involvement of one kind or another, ” the Prime Minister explained.

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