Bill C-238 - Increase Penalties For Gun Smuggling

[delmer]

Had not heard of Bill C-238 until now.

https://www.torontosun.com/opinion/c...p-blocked-them

[MikePal]

It sure isn't a News Story anyone jumped on....but is a great example of how the whole OIC Gun Ban was just PC puffery by the Liberals.

So explain this to me: If the Liberals are so intent on reducing gun crime, how come they and the NDP banded together on Wednesday to defeat a Conservative MP’s private member’s bill that would have increased penalties for people who smuggle illegal guns into Canada?

As Markham-Unionville (Ontario) MP Bob Saroya, the sponsor of Bill C-238, pointed out, at least 80% of guns used in Canadian crimes were smuggled in from the States.

Saroya sought to increase the minimum sentences for gun smuggling and for being in possession of a smuggled gun from one year to three years. (Five years on a second conviction).

He also wanted to make it harder for suspects accused of gunrunning to get bail.

But the Liberals and their NDP lapdogs said “no,” by a margin of 169-149.

When asked why, Arif Virani, the Toronto Liberal MP who serves as parliamentary secretary to the Justice minister, argued “the government has already taken concrete steps to curb firearms violence, including the May 1, 2020, prohibition on military-style assault rifles.”

That’s enough. Problem solved. The Liberals didn’t feel they needed to do anymore.