Cabinet members declined to comment on anti-gun legislation expected to be discussed at yesterday's meeting.

Last week Attorney General Kim Wilson said she would be recommending proposals to get tough on gun-crime suspects in this week's meeting, which took place at the Berkeley Institute yesterday.

At the time she told The Royal Gazette: "I will seek Cabinet's consideration and approval of providing for longer detentions for persons arrested for gun offences so as to allow the Police sufficient time to gather forensic evidence and the like, which oftentimes requires such evidence to be sent overseas for analysis." Presently, Police must charge or release someone with in 72 hours of arrest. Her proposal could allow Police to keep someone in custody up to 60 days before charging the individual.

Sen. Wilson also hoped that Cabinet would approve a measure that would see gun suspects treated the same as murder suspects, meaning they would loose their "presumption in favour" when it came to bail.

Under the Bail Act those charged with murder "need not be given bail". For that reason, those accused of murder generally get remanded into custody unless the court can be persuaded, for example, that the death may have been an accident.

She revealed her proposals on the heels of the Easter shootings that saw four people shot, one of the shootings resulted in death. Kimwandae Walker was murdered while flying kites with his children at Victor Scott Primary School field on Good Friday.

Yesterday, Premier Ewart Brown's spokesman said Sen. Wilson would report on the progress of the discussions "in due course". Sen. Wilson declined to comment.