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Antigua PM Scraps Gun Factory Deal Amid Public Pressure

A plan to allow a gun manufacturer to set up shop in Antigua and Barbuda has been scrapped after public outcry.

Just hours after he had sought to defend the plan to set up a gun assembly plant in the twin-island nation, Prime Minister Gaston Browne issued a statement saying the decision was never ratified by Cabinet and that he himself had reservations about it.

Read more: http://www.caribbean360.com/news/antigua-pm-scraps-gun-factory-deal-amid-public-pressure#ixzz4hFxt7TOD

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