Trudeau acknowledged during his annual daily COVID-19 news conference in Ottawa this morning that the federal government has more work to do when it comes to guns.

In an interview with The Canadian Press, Trudeau also defended his government's intention to allow handgun prohibition on a city-by-city basis rather than enacting a sweeping federal ban.

Most gun crime in Saskatchewan involves simple weapons, like .22-calibre rifles and shotguns according to police. Often times, these weapons are stolen from legal owners.

"There's no place for handguns in cities and we should get rid of them," said Kennedy Stewart.

A Regina man was stabbed early Sunday morning, according to police, and officers are looking for two suspects involved in the assault and an alleged robbery.

Regina police's mid-year crime stats show a decade-high crime rate, primarily driven by property crime, but guns, gangs and drugs continue to be an issue.

"Rest assured that I will be providing the resources where they need to be to solve these cases and also working with various stakeholders to see what we can do to help reduce the gun violence that's happening in the city."

“The mental healing is the part that's really harder to predict, harder to diagnose, harder to react to,” said the father of one Danforth shooting victim.

"I think there are measures we can take to make those guns just generally unacceptable and inaccessible," said Bill Blair on Tuesday.

The buyback program offers $200 for a long gun and $350 for a handgun. The firearms will be picked up by police and participants will not face a charge for possessing or unsafely storing a firearm.