Trinidad and Tobago Reject ‘Public Health’ Gun Control

AmmoLand ^ | May 23, 2025 | Dean Weingarten

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On April 28, 2025, in a Parliamentary election in Trinidad and Tobago, the United National Congress (UNC) party won 26 of 41 seats. This was a resounding defeat for the People’s National Movement (PNM) party, which had been in power for ten years. The PNM lost, in large part, because of their unrealistic assumptions about the nature of violence and firearms.

The Prime Minister for most of the ten years had been Dr. Keith Rowley. PM Rowley stepped down on March 16. His Successor, PM Stuart Young, called for a snap election on March 18, to be held on April 28.  A month before PM Rowley stepped down, he attended the three-day Regular Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government, held on February 19-21, 2025. When the Conference was over, Dr. Rowley explained his party’s approach to violent crime. From blackstarnews.com:

Addressing the media following the three-day 48^th Regular Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government in Barbados, Prime Minister Rowley also revealed that leaders will continue to treat violence as a public health issue, noting the impact on communities and the public health system.

“So we adopted the working definition of crime and violence as a public health issue since the effect on human conditions is such that violent crime – largely carried out by firearms – 80% of the killings that we are experiencing are done by firearms – and 90% of those firearms are coming to us from one particular source. So we agree that this is a public health issue, and of course, we will continue to engage it as such,” said Dr. Rowley.

Trinidad and Tobago have been plagued with an enormous increase in violent crime since Hugo Chavez imposed his “Bolivarian” revolution on

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The previous government adopted the Biden idea that crimes committed with guns are a "public health" issue.

The Trinidad and Tobago voters rejected the "public health" approach.

Trinidad and Tobago homicides skyrocketed after Hugo Chavez imposed his "Bolivarian" revolution on Venezuela.