Dear Editor,
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, in her new year's message, has put some whopping words on crime. She has said that the Government will be doing all it can to slay the crime monster and so on. Crime seems to be their main focus.
Opposition Leader Andrew Holness and other dignitaries have also voiced their concern about the crime monster and want to see it convincingly defeated this new year.
I am not being rude, but I wonder if our leaders are wholeheartedly serious and are totally committed to launch an attack against the crime problem.
What worries me, they did not say: "We are going to attack this very successful gun trade and its gunrunners, and we will not leave any stone unturned until we bring them down to naught." This is a big blunder that spoiled their new year's messages.
Our leaders ought to put their strongest foot forward in that direction, because the gun trade is the fuel for most crime in Jamaica. The gun trade is like a massive stumbling block that is heavily weighing down the society. It's like, for example, cancer and AIDS that are killing many people. And while we cannot find a cure for these, we have the cure for the gun trade, but our leaders lack the wisdom and will to stamp it out.
When you eliminate the gun trade in Jamaica, it will be like a new Jamaica has already been formed.
When a wicked, cold-hearted bastard holds a gun in his merciless hand, and points it at you, he feels like he has all the power in the world. Maybe he thinks that the gun also gives him supernatural power.
So, it seems to me that our leaders are deliberately scoffing at the gun trade, and are not completely willing to bring it down. Most of the time when they speak, they don't directly mention the gunrunners, or even cast a light on them. When you destroy the gun trade and its followers you also cut down crime.
Donald J Mckoy
donaldmckoy2010@hotmail.com
Kill the gun trade, cut down crime
-->
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, in her new year's message, has put some whopping words on crime. She has said that the Government will be doing all it can to slay the crime monster and so on. Crime seems to be their main focus.
Opposition Leader Andrew Holness and other dignitaries have also voiced their concern about the crime monster and want to see it convincingly defeated this new year.
I am not being rude, but I wonder if our leaders are wholeheartedly serious and are totally committed to launch an attack against the crime problem.
What worries me, they did not say: "We are going to attack this very successful gun trade and its gunrunners, and we will not leave any stone unturned until we bring them down to naught." This is a big blunder that spoiled their new year's messages.
Our leaders ought to put their strongest foot forward in that direction, because the gun trade is the fuel for most crime in Jamaica. The gun trade is like a massive stumbling block that is heavily weighing down the society. It's like, for example, cancer and AIDS that are killing many people. And while we cannot find a cure for these, we have the cure for the gun trade, but our leaders lack the wisdom and will to stamp it out.
When you eliminate the gun trade in Jamaica, it will be like a new Jamaica has already been formed.
When a wicked, cold-hearted bastard holds a gun in his merciless hand, and points it at you, he feels like he has all the power in the world. Maybe he thinks that the gun also gives him supernatural power.
So, it seems to me that our leaders are deliberately scoffing at the gun trade, and are not completely willing to bring it down. Most of the time when they speak, they don't directly mention the gunrunners, or even cast a light on them. When you destroy the gun trade and its followers you also cut down crime.
Donald J Mckoy
donaldmckoy2010@hotmail.com
Kill the gun trade, cut down crime
-->