Sentences with phrase «sentencing for gun crimes»

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Following the recent focus on gun crime, Mr Blair defended the government's record on knife crime, stating that it would be introducing tougher sentences for the possession of knives.

And, generally speaking, the Assembly Democrats are opposed to increasing sentences for gun - related crimes.

One thing Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick would like to see in any gun control legislation, something that prosecutors in New York state have been pushing for a decade — a mandatory five year consecutive sentence for anyone who commits any type of crime with any type of handgun.

So you don't hear about mandatory prison sentences for people involved in gun crimes, say in Albany, New York, or downtown Utica.»

The new Liberal government has already expressed a desire to revisit this controversial approach to sentencing though unwinding laws that guarantee longer jail terms for gun crimes and child abusers may prove an unpopular move even to Trudeau's broad base of supporters.