Nick Lidster wrote:
Currently there are really 2 camps that are slugging it out on this
issue,
the liberals who want more laws and to create a new gun task force within
the RCMP who are in a huge manpower shortage. Then there is the
Conservatives who are taking a stance on increasing funding to the
provinces
and increasing the funding to the RCMP to enforce the current laws, as
well
as increasing sentence lengths and giving mandatory min sentences for all
firearm related crimes.
The main problem with the RCMP shortage is that after a decade of budget
cuts the RCMP cannot cover all its duties properly so officers are tasked
from major crime division to fill gaps in local districts. Right now I
believe that the RCMP staffing is at 80% of needed positions and the ONE
training school for them can only put through 1500 cadets a year.
Sounds like the conservatives have the more practical solution in this
case.
--
Doug
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