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Originally Posted by Flaming Homer
Canada already has had a mandatory minimum for possession of a restricted firearm of 3 years. I think it’s been squashed now. But 3 years is pretty much the bar. You’d be hard pressed to find a current case of someone with no liscense at all carrying a loaded firearm and not getting 3 years at least.
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I’ll find the article if I can, but there was a case in Toronto last year where a judge handed down a 15 month sentence, minus time served of course, in a case where the defendant was convicted of possession of a loaded, PROHIBITED firearm and other sundry offences.
Most of the nonsense reasons were that the defendant was black, but still a very short sentence for carrying a loaded gun that very few can even get a license to posses in Canada
Then we have the courts playing catch and release with people charged with gun crimes. Arrest them, take their illegal gun, arraign them and then kick them back onto the street where they probably have another gun by the end of the day.