The Do­mini­ca gov­ern­ment has re­it­er­at­ed its po­si­tion re­gard­ing the pres­ence of il­le­gal weapons on the is­land, with Prime Min­is­ter Roo­sevelt Sker­rit is­su­ing a stern warn­ing to those per­sons in pos­ses­sion with il­le­gal firearms.

“In re­spect to il­le­gal firearms, let me say it very clear­ly, and let me warn every­body in Do­mini­ca who is in pos­ses­sion of an il­le­gal firearm, we are very se­ri­ous about the pres­ence of il­le­gal firearms,” Sker­rit told a news con­fer­ence.

“Il­le­gal firearms [are] the most dan­ger­ous thing. It is a glob­al chal­lenge be­cause the ma­jor­i­ty of homi­cides you are hav­ing is through il­le­gal firearms,” he told re­porters, say­ing that his gov­ern­ment is work­ing with the Unit­ed States to ad­dress the source of these firearms.