Topic: mandatory minimum

Sweeping changes to Cayman’s anti-firearms laws, bringing tougher jail times for offenders and zeroing in on a creeping threat from ‘ghost guns’, were passed by legislators this week. Our Issues section has covered gun crime extensively this year and today we look at what the new law does - and what it doesn't do - to make Cayman safer.

As lawmakers consider tougher mandatory minimum sentences for firearms possession, the Cayman Compass investigates the hidden challenges of zero-tolerance gun laws.