In Canada, there is provision for that, but almost all weapons offenses are
plea bargained away.
-----Original Message-----
From William M. Gilroy <wmgilroy at lucent.com>
To: Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette@sympatico.ca>
Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: July 13, 2000 12:04 AM
Subject: Re: GUN CONTROL*NO LBC CONTENT* DELETE NOW IF NOT INTERESTED
>Robert Duquette wrote:
>>
>> Most violent crime is committed within the criminal element and not to
the
>> rest of the population. N'est c'est pas? ( is it not so? )
>
>I remember hearing a report on NPR (not really the most conservative
venue).
>I think it was in the city of Richmond, but it was a city where they very
>strict laws to punish people who used a gun in a crime. Harsh and long
>sentences, and not always in the same state, they went to federal pens.
>There was a reporter who was trying to find why there was an increase in
>deaths among drug dealers. What he found out was that they were being
>robbed and killed if they resisted. The drug dealers stop carrying guns
>due to the punishments. Other criminal realized that they were unarmed and
>unable to defend themselves. So they would rob the dealers. The dealers
>would have either drugs or cash and they were not likely to report the
>crime.
>
>This shows that a dent can be made in gun violence if there are harsh laws
>in place to punish people who use guns in a crime. Simple solution, but
>it is not very popular and it does not get much play in the media.
>
>Bill Gilroy
>
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