Timmins police say city is not immune to upward trend in gun crime


Timmins Police officers say using firearms to commit crimes has grow to be extra widespread lately.


"It’s simple that there's a prevalence for firearms for use within the fee of Legal Code offences," stated Marc Depatie, communications co-ordination for the Timmins Police Service.


"Timmins shouldn't be proof against this development in crime."


Among the many adjustments the federal authorities is proposing are issuing a nationwide freeze on handguns, rising gun trafficking penalties and stripping individuals of their gun licences in the event that they're concerned in home violence.


"Any legal guidelines which can be being proposed, we imagine firmly that they’re targeted on a scenario that requires quick consideration," stated Depatie.


The federal authorities stated the variety of registered handguns in Canada elevated by 71 per cent from 2010 to 2020.


And in 2018, it stated firearms have been current in additional than 600 "intimate accomplice violence" incidents.  

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