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sgtdjones 7/31/25, 2:43:56 PM
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T&T 'Shoot first, kill first'- Defence Minister advises gun owners to deal harshly with intruders

Defence Minister Wayne Sturge is advising constituents and citizens that during a home invasion, they can shoot first and “explain yourself after.” He says that provision, among others, will be available under the proposed stand-your-ground legislation the United National Congress Government is seeking to enact. He says another measure would allow a victim to defend themselves against an intruder before they are even physically attacked.

Sturge made the stunning comments during a stand-your-ground consultation at the Sangre Grande Civic Centre on Tuesday.“You don’t have to wait to see what the attacker is going to do. You don’t have to wait to see if he pulls a gun or a cutlass or anything like this. You can, once you honestly believe that you are under attack, or that an attack is about to take place, or is imminent—as they say here—once you believe an attack is imminent, you can strike first. You can strike first and kill first,” Sturge said.

Sturge, who was a criminal defence attorney before his successful run in the April 28 General Election said the proposed legislation differs vastly from existing self-defence laws.The Government has already said the stand-your-ground laws will follow the Florida model. Florida enacted its stand-your-ground laws in 2005.
Sturge said the proposed law gives a homeowner or victim leeway to defend themselves before the attacker even gets to strike the first blow.

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sgtdjones 7/31/25, 2:49:59 PM
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He said the lines between the operations of official law enforcement business and personal intrusion are often blurred, particularly when it comes to relationships.

“A question I am usually asked: what if my ex-boyfriend is a police and I horn him because he does finish the job faster than Usain Bolt, or what he has is a sikiye fig, and the new Rastafarian have a gros michel and is a marathon man and I don’t want the police no more, and that man comes to your house? The fact that he is police and the fact that he is in a uniform does not prevent you and your new Rastafarian lover from defending your home,” the minister stressed.

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sgtdjones 7/31/25, 2:58:42 PM
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....Attorney, retired cop: Cutlass, hot oil, cricket bat all tools of self-defence

An attorney and a former senior police officer are dismissing claims that the proposed stand-your-ground legislation may encourage one race of people to harm another. They are also advising citizens that if they do not have a legal firearm, a cutlass, hot oil, or a cricket bat can also be used as a means to defend themselves and their families.
Also speaking was retired senior superintendent Johnny Abraham, who encouraged homeowners to keep a sharpened cutlass for home defence.“In the night, make sure who doh have a firearm here, sharpen yuh lil poiya (cutlass) and put it one side. Ah telling yuh, you wouldn’t like somebody to come and rape your daughter and yuh can’t do nothing. Sharpen it and put it one side.”

Reflecting on his 40-year policing career, Abraham described the trauma suffered by victims of home invasions.“Home invasions are on the increase, and it’s not only about people, it’s about an entire village. When you have a victim in a village, the entire village suffers because the neighbours are fearful about leaving their homes. The family that was robbed are fearful of going back in that house after 6 p.m. I can tell you that is not a nice experience,” he said.

Abraham, who noted he had become numb to death during his career, revealed he once cried over his failure to apprehend those responsible for the murder of a four-year-old child in Arouca—killed by intruders who pumped nine bullets into the infant during a home invasion.He, too, chided critics of the stand-your-ground proposal for turning the issue of self-defence into a racial one.
“Another thing I hearing on the radio station is that ‘we people’ going and get kill. Who is ‘we people’? You go into somebody’s house and you masked, yuh come to do the robbery, should the victim ask the perpetrators, ‘take off yuh mask, let me see what race yuh is before I open fire on you’?”
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sgtdjones 7/31/25, 3:05:22 PM
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70-year-old shoots bandit in Curepe

A Morvant man is in stable condition after he tried to rob a patron at a restaurant in Curepe on Tuesday night.Police said the 70-year-old patron, who is a licensed firearm owner, was waiting to collect food at a restaurant on the Southern Main Road, around 8.15 pm, when he was confronted by a man and a woman who ordered him to hand over his cash.

The male bandit pushed his hand into the patron’s pocket and pulled out his wallet.While walking to the door, the victim pulled out his Glock 19 pistol and ordered the bandit to stop.However, the bandit ran towards the man and tried to wrestle his gun away.

During the struggle, the bandit was shot once in his right arm.Officers from the St Joseph Police Station were called in and took the injured suspect to the hospital, where he remained up to yesterday morning.
The 20-year-old woman who was with the bandit at the time was also detained by police.
BeatDball 7/31/25, 10:12:44 PM
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This is shoite! It's understood that legal gun owners will protect family & property...& should not be prosecuted by liberal zealots...what we need is for the constables to be professionals & enforce the laws!!! Mih done.



ps. lemme backtrack a bit...law & order tone should come from the top. cool
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