The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica, in line with the pronouncements made by the Hon. Prime Minister during a press conference on July 14, 2025, has announced that another gun amnesty period will be offered to citizens.
Minister for National Security and Legal Affairs, Hon. Rayburn Blackmoore said in a statement that this is because of recent violent incidents involving illegal firearms, which resulted in one death and three injuries. The concern, said Blackmoore, is that such events could escalate into a broader crisis, and he reaffirmed the government’s “pledge to ensure the safety and security of its citizens and to adopt an even more aggressive campaign to rid the street of illegal firearms.”
Blackmoore also revealed that the amnesty will run from July 16 to August 15, 2025, and is a continuation of previous efforts, including those in 2007 and October 2023.
The government encourages individuals with illegal firearms or ammunition—whether they are certain of their legal status or unsure—to surrender these weapons without fear of prosecution, emphasizing that firearms can be handed in at any police station across the island or through trusted community figures if individuals are apprehensive about surrendering personally.
“The fight against illegal firearms and the use of those firearms to cause harm and bring death to others is not one that can be fought by the authorities alone,” said Blackmoore, emphasizing the need for community participation.
Legislation related to firearms will be reviewed and strengthened, with mandatory jail sentences included in the updated laws.
Additionally, a reward of $1,000 per firearm will be offered to anyone providing information that leads to the recovery of illegal weapons, as reaffirmed by the Prime Minister. The minister assured the public of an intensified crackdown on illegal firearms, and urged citizens to join in efforts to rid the streets of gun violence and promote a culture of peace and safety.
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Read full official statement here:
In keeping with the pronouncements of the Hon. Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica at a Press Conference on the 14th of July, 2025, there will be another Gun Amnesty period offered to citizens of the Commonwealth of Dominica.
Over the past week, we have seen two shooting incidents involving the use of illegal firearms that have left one person dead and three others injured. Your Government does not wish for this to escalate into a national crisis and so this has led the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica to renew its
The Government is once again offering an amnesty period from the 16th of July, 2025 to the 15th of August, 2025. You may recall that such an amnesty was offered in 2007 and again from 1st to 31st October, 2023.
This amnesty programme will allow members of the public who have illegal firearms in their possession to turn in their firearms without any fear of being prosecuted. Therefore, if you are in possession of illegal weapons or ammunition or are perhaps an innocent custodian of weapons or ammunition and possibly even unsure as to its legal status, but too frightened to do anything about it- now is the time to come forward and surrender them to the police.
In regards to where the illegal firearms and ammunition are to be surrendered: they can be surrendered at any police station anywhere on the island and must be properly packaged. If you are afraid to surrender it yourself, take it to someone trusted in your neighborhood like a pastor, justice of the peace, an attorney or anyone you think will indeed
surrender it on your behalf.
The fight against illegal firearms and the use of those firearms to cause harm and bring death to others is not one that can be fought by the authorities alone. The Government and the police have to remain vigilant but must also be innovative in finding ways to curtail and discourage the use of illegal firearms.
Our efforts will be all encompassing to fight this evil. The Firearm Act and all other related legislation will be reviewed and strengthened. Mandatory jail sentences will form part of the reviewed legislation.
REWARD TO THE PUBLIC
I also want to repeat the declaration made by the Hon. Prime Minister that anyone who gives information leading to the retrieval of firearms will receive a reward of $1000 per firearm.
CONCLUSION
We want to assure the public that there will be an intense crack down on illegal firearms in the Commonwealth of Dominica. We ask the public to join us in saying no to gun violence, in ridding our streets of illegal firearms and in taking the necessary steps to reform the minds of the people who believe that violence is the answer to problems.
Gun amnesty doesn’t work. Most criminals stubbornly refuse to part with their usual weapon of choice – gun. It’s for their protection and favourite instrument in their toolkit.
This gun amnesty thing is just a camouflage for not wanting or capable of putting a thorough actionable crime plan in place. This takes meticulous planning and delivery work which is foreign to this Roosevelt-led kleptocracy.
I think the police know dam well who have those guns. Check the navy seal, snipers and all their ban boh boh. Stop this wickedness of soo ti wehing all you supporters and crucifying others.
What happen, all you afraid to arrest them?
now the cops even have weed at their home….hope no illegal guns….how can the population trust the cops…tell me
Weed is legal to grow and consume so everybody including police can do so as long as they are within the context of the law. I don’t recall reading a section of the law that prohibits use by police, magistrates, judges, parliamentarians, doctors and teachers etc. I am told even one of the well know pastors is addicted to the spliff ….I stand corrected if I am wrong.
Matter of fact I know officers who burn a few spliff before freshing up and head for work. Some even carry it on their person when they get one from a block boy…smmfh. Dca has a whole new reality facing and we have to adapt.
I would like to tell the police about some Laborites in the Vielle case constituency that have illegal weapons and using the Tibouh and Otto beaches to bring illegal drugs and weapons but I know the police must get approval from de parlrep before they conduct any search and those politicians will tell those criminals who called their names to the police and as a result both the drug people and politicians will come after me. At the end of the day I will put my life in danger and I will not get no $1000 because them politicians will kill that before it even gets started. If those alleged criminals were UWP supporters that would work but DLP supporters? You crazy man
Stop posting crap MEME if anybody was hailing up snipers and navy seals a lot of the idiotic supporters of UWP would be dead.Blackmore talking bull,and you posting more bull than Blackmore.Labour party does not need snipers and navy seals to deal losers.You are so ignorant with your bs about navy seals and snipers.You should ask Thompson Fontaine who asked for guns to kill Chinese and Haitians and where,foolish man.
Do you disconnect your brain from the rest of your body to spew this keyboard diarrhoea? Keep out the rum shops!
@ CLOWN
I doubt you know the meaning of crap, because next to crap in any dictionary should be your comments. Man you dont even know how buffoonic and shameless you are. I sincerely hope that children dont read your garbage.
But guy, you are an idiot to be talking fart about navy seals, when Dominica does not have a military force; nevertheless, a navy!
In any event I must remind you it took a stupid person like Melisa Skerrit to first talk such nonsense when she told their dumb supporters how they have navy seals to set on people who don’t support them.
Neither you or Melisa knows that the only Military on planet earth with Navy Seals is the United States.
Now there might be other equivalent forces in other military in the more developed nations of the world which are not termed “navy seals.”
It is the same crap that idiot Roosevelt Skerrit went overboard talking fart about “ my intelligence told me” as if to compare Dominica with nations around world with intelligence services such the American secret service and CIA.
The mind of stupid people, serves only one purpose, and that’s to manufacture and disseminate garbage!
Even in the colonial days the British did not have secret service in Dominica.
Blackmore is still Minister of security, really. This just tells us the PM is a very loyal person and he cares about Blackmore more than himself.it could also tell us something else about there relationship and the longer he stays in position the harder people will look at this odd relationship and what it could reveal. If there is a secret that is that will be revealed
I listened to Blackmoore pontificate on Q95. For a minister of government it was unbearably painful.
The man babbles and stutters so badly that what he utters is almost indecipherable. A minister of government, especially, the Minister of National Security, should be fluent and articulate in order to clearly communicate the security policies of the government with persuasive conviction.
Mr. Blackmoore is out of his depth. He has been thrown in wars to deep for him to swim. Instead of throwing him into the deep, wide ocean he should be in a tub.
Mr Blackmore,when you joined the police force you met a group of dedicated,fearless and nonsense police officers.In those days the police officers including Nicholas Andropov George viewed politicians as are holes.Gun amnesty will not work,it has never worked.What you Blackmore need is a none political no face no nonsense group of dedicated group of police officers who can take the fight to the drug dealers and those with illegal guns.,in the bush,on the sea,in the villages,night or dayThe talk about gun amnesty should be over,it is time for action.During Blackmore time in the police force he saw the police in action,FREE the police,let them do their job,if you are afraid of what UWP will say,they cannot win an election,of course they will talk.Blackmore playing nice boy while people are being shot and killed.
I refuse to read more than the caption of any message coming from this block headed buffoon called Blacmmore.You mean the lazy, inveterate LIAR called Skerrit, can’t find anyone to replace this embarrassingly slow witted fool calked Blackmore?
For a safer, and more tranquil Dominica, i urge those with unlicensed firearm to heed the call. Being in possession of such weapons put your own lives at risk, and also that of the public, who may unwittingly suffer collateral damage to their bodies from the usage of such weapon by you all.
I also call upon the police to do their work for the citizenry of the country, so when we have very bad eggs in Dominica, hailing up snipers, navy seals and soldiers, those satanic examples should be questioned, and their homes should be thoroughly searched. If needs be, land those very bad eggs at Stockfarm as well. That’s exactly what you all would do if it was someone you all hated who did this. Please people surrender those unlicensed guns.
MEME