[Hondaracer]

Until judges are elected any notion of a judge handing down a punishment that equals the crime is a pipe dream imo.

Mike, in your example of everyone that has a story/past let me lay out an example that is applicable to these reforms

A person with minor criminal offences who is already prohibited from owning a firearm is caught with a handgun after a B&E etc. Ok, first strike, spend a month or whatever in pre-trial and you’re out again.

That same person is now found in a home invasion, again carrying an illegal, unregistered handgun on top of the previous restrictions and this is the second time that person is caught carrying around a handgun in violent crime

That person does not deserve a minimum sentence? Really?..

There is no fucking way you can say you want to get tougher on gun crime as a country then enact this legislation and expect judges to come down harder on people.

If you’re caught twice with an illegal handgun, you are a menace to society. You are a dangerous person who is endangering the public, period. Regardless of whether you’ve ever discharged the firearm, the fact you continue to have it on your person says you have no regard for other people’s lives.

How many people in this type or scenario are ever going to be reformed? You’re a felon with gun crimes under your belt. Your life is over. Crime is your life.