Get RID of the GANGS and leave our SELF DEFENSE WEAPONS ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!by NancyJUSTICE MINISTER TOEWS: Why will they not support the legislation? Date: Nov 9, 2006 5:05 PM HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATES 39th Parliament 1st Session Unofficial Version * NUMBER 80 Thursday, November 9, 2006 ORAL QUESTIONS The following is the unedited version of today's blues. It will be available on this site only until the current day's Hansard is published. * Mr. Mike Lake (Edmonton-Mill Woods-Beaumont, CPC) : Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Statistics Canada released a startling report, showing that violent crimes have increased as a direct result of gun and gang crime in our cities. The numbers show that the national homicide rate has gone up for the second straight year because of a spike in gang-related homicides. Could the Minister of Justice please tell this House, and Canadians, what steps he has taken to crack down on this type of crime. * Hon. Vic Toews (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, CPC) : Mr. Speaker, yes, I can answer that. The homicide survey released by Statistics Canada is a shocking wake-up call to Canadians. We need to take action on guns and gangs right now. I tabled Bill C-10, which is a targeted measure that proposes mandatory prison sentences for gang members who use guns to commit crimes. During the election, we promised to introduce mandatory prison sentences for criminals who use guns. So did the Liberals. So did the NDP. We kept our word. Why will they not support the legislation? The Second Amendment IS Homeland Security !
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