Senator Rev. Dr. David Durant, Founder and Senior Pastor of Restoration Ministries International, addressing the 36th Anniversary Church Service of the NAB.
From left: Chairman of the Child Care Board (CCB), Kenneth Knight; the Hon. Steven Blackett, Minister of Social Care, Constituency Empowerment and Community Development; and Eleanor Blackett during the 36th Anniversary Church Service of the National Assistance Board (NAB), held at Restoration Ministries International yesterday.
The National Assistance Board (NAB) Choir performing at the NAB’s 36th Anniversary Church Service held at Restoration Ministries International, yesterday.
A Government Senator is calling for firm action against persons who commit gun crimes.
Acknowledging that the legislation is already there, Senator Rev. Dr. David Durant wants to see it enforced.
“The Offences with Firearms Law in Barbados is very strong, but what we need to do is make sure we enforce what is already written in our books.”
He revealed that according to Chapter 179 Section 18 of the Laws of Barbados, “Where a person has in his possession any firearm or ammunition with intent thereby to endanger life or cause serious injury to property, or to enable another person by means thereof to endanger life or cause serious injury to property, whether any injury to property has been caused or not, that person is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of $150 000 or to a term of imprisonment of 25 years or both such fine and imprisonment.”
Dr. Durant was at the time addressing the 36th Anniversary Church Service of the National Assistance Board (NAB) at Restoration Ministries International, yesterday.
He stressed that too much lawlessness is pervading the country, as he highlighted the shooting death of 46-year-old taxi driver, Ricardo Bryan, in the car park of Lucky Horseshoe, Warrens, last Thursday. On exiting his motorcar, Bryan was approached by four men who shot him multiple times.
“The last week we had some Wild West scenes in this island… We have to be concerned about the youth.
“We need to get tough on gun laws in this country, so that the young people can get the message… Life is not important to some of them anymore. We can’t play around with this issue anymore and if we have the law to support it, then we need to use it,” he stated.
However Dr. Durant, who is the Founder and Senior Pastor of Restoration Ministries, made it clear that there are still some very good young people across our nation.
“But, I must say there are some who are on the deviant side or who are on the ‘black’ side and we need to see that colour change… We need to see some more of our young people come into a revelation of the love of God. Some of our young men and women are trapped in the vicious cycle of drugs and gun violence,” he said. (TL)
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