Surrey-Cloverdale Liberal MLA Marvin Hunt has introduced a private member’s bill to toughen the penalties for carrying an illegal firearm in a vehicle in an effort to stem gang violence in the area.
It’s something anti-crime group Wake Up Surrey has been calling for since the 2017 provincial election.
Founding member Gurpreet Singh Sahota says gang and youth violence in Surrey has reached a “crisis situation.”
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He’s calling on political parties to come together to deal with what he calls a “multi-layered problem.”
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“There’s no comprehensive plan. There’s all Band-Aid solutions — like there’s a problem, give some money to charities and they do a walk or rally but no prevention measures, how to stop recruitment of gangster in elementary schools,” Sahota said.
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Sahota believes there need to be improvements to civil forfeiture legislation.
He says that too often, youth involved in gang activity “are roaming Surrey with illegal weapons in vehicles.”
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