Nicholas Laughlin va resumir el sentiment general assenyalant que "aquest acte legal, que afecta una àmplia gamma de drets civils, ha desencadenat un gran debat sobre les arrels de la delinqüència a Trinitat i Tobago i les implicacions de l'estratègia actual de govern".
Nicholas Laughlin summed up the general feeling by pointing out that "this legal step, which affects a broad range of civil rights, has triggered widespread debate about the roots of violent crime in Trinidad and Tobago and the implications of the government's latest strategy."