Maximum Federal Penalty for Gun Trafficking Has Never Been Imposed: Report

Maximum Federal Penalty for Gun Trafficking Has Never Been Imposed: Report
Rifles on display at an Ottawa hunting store in a file photo. CP Photo/Jonathan Hayward
Peter Wilson
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Canada’s maximum federal penalty for gun trafficking, which is a 10-year prison sentence, has never been imposed despite the Liberal government proposing it be increased to 14 years, according to an Inquiry of Ministry recently tabled in the House of Commons.

The inquiry showed that 390 individuals had been convicted on charges relating to firearms trafficking over the past eight years, but that none had received the maximum 10-year sentence, reports Blacklock’s Reporter.