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Originally Posted by Jacks
There needs to be some leeway on this, a person may not even know a gun is illegal or may be holding it for a friend. While that is still stupid it's not minimum 5 years stupid if they had no intention of hurting anyone.
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By illegal I mean handguns and assault rifles, If somehow a friend of yours owns these legally it's still against the law for he/she to give them to you for storage and for you to take them. Sorry, that excuse shouldn't work anymore.
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Originally Posted by Jacks
Not sure why you need to specify the gun as being illegal. Using any gun in the commision of a crime should be the same penalty. There would probably also be a separate charge however for having the illegal gun.
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Sure, that's fine.
Again, I'm more thinking about type of weapons coming into our country by criminals, as of now there is little deterrent, a guy got caught a couple of years ago in Brampton Ont with fully automatic ak-47, he was known to police for gang relations but no criminal record. He told the judge it was just a fun hobby and got probation.
It has to stop.