Gun laws in Jamaica Gun laws in Jamaica Gun laws in Jamaica began to be tightened in the early 1970s, when Jamaica experienced a rise in violence associated with criminal gangs and political polarization between supporters of the People's National Party and the Jamaica Labour Party. After a rash of killings of lawyers and businessmen in 1974, the government of Michael Manley attempted to restore order by granting broad new law enforcement powers in the Suppression of Crime Act and the Gun Court Act. The Suppression of Crime Act allowed the police and the military to work together in a novel way to disarm
The National Party The National Party The National Party (TNP) was a political party in Grenada. The party was established in July 1989 by Prime Minister Herbert Blaize, as a breakaway from the New National Party. It held its first conference on 17 December 1989, at which Blaize was officially elected party leader. However, following the death of Blaize two days later, Ben Jones became party leader and Prime Minister. It won two seats in the 1990 elections and was part of Nicholas Brathwaite's coalition government. However, its share of the vote was more than halved in the 1995 elections and it lost