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Canada's Supreme Court gives mixed rulings on gun crime penalties

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By Anna Mehler Paperny

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Not too late for Canada. Meaningful legislation works.

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Perhaps if people don't want mandatory minimum sentences imposed on them, they shouldn't break the law.

I think you missed the point. Every case is different. Judges not just in Canada because this has been a problem with US law, deeply resent when the legislative branch takes away their discretion in the court room. To many judges it is an abuse of the separation of powers.

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