Letters Feb. 18: UCP capitulating to environmentalists is a bad look
WRONG TARGET While I do not own a gun, and I accept that we need weapons control, I feel that the new rules do not target the problem. If the government is serious about reducing the use of weapons during criminal activity, then rather than punish the people who legally own weapons they should punish those who commit the crime. As a deterrent, committing a crime using weapons should carry a mandatory minimum sentence of say 10 years (without parole) for the weapons charge alone plus whatever sentence the actual crime carries. This provides a good deterrent and eliminates the need for the expe...
Source: edmontonsun.com
