GUN CRIME AND GUN LAW FOR YOUTH IN CANADA

Running head: CRIMINOLOGY
GUN CRIME AND GUN LAW FOR YOUTH IN CANADA
Vivek Garg
Name of the University
Author Note

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GUN CRIME AND GUN LAW FOR YOUTH IN CANADA
GUN CRIME AND GUN LAW FOR YOUTH IN CANADA
In 2005, one of the newspapers named Toronto Star has reported that in the same year
Canada has reported the death of 52 people out of illegal gunfire. Toronto Star has reported
such a year as a year of the gun. It has been seen that since such point of time gun-crime has
become a serious issue in Canadian big and small cities. However, it is a surprising fact
because According to a report of July 2008, the Canadian rate of crime has been subsequently
turned down in 2007 for a third consecutive time (Sheptycki, 2009). Police have reported that
different areas of crime such as homicide and firearm crime have been decreased to an
immense rate. In 2007 police has reported a homicide case of 596 Canadian which was 600 in
2006. The purpose of this article is to add new knowledge about youth, violence, and gun
involvement in Canada. This study focuses to highlight the associates of sub-lethal
aggression that have influences the youths of Toronto and Montreal. The analyses of this
study are based on various data from a multisite and cross-national project scrutinizing the
factors correlated with violence regarding youth aged 14–17 years. It has been seen that
Toronto has shown 50% higher levels of gun-violence than that of the youth of Montreal
youth irrespective of the fact of having a common sketch of conduct and prior delinquency
(Butters et al, 2011)
Gun crime is said to be a special subject in criminology. The origin of this study can
be found in the colloquium of the Canadian social sciences and humanities research council
in May 2008. The conference brought together the interesting topic of gun and crime in the
wide-ranging field of academics. Furthermore, the conference aided to provide a clear picture
of the terms weaponization and pistolization to their connection with the regular crimes. The
term weaponization and pistolization refer to a process where individuals generally adopt the
custom of having a personal firearm in their regular life (Bennett et al, 2015). There have
been various societies that are said to be weaponized in the same way, especially men of such

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society. For example in Yemen, Afghanistan sophisticated societies are also highly
weaponized. On the other way, America is experiencing the pistolization process in its
society since the twentieth century. However, it can be said that weaponization is a different
issue than having a firearm.
Since the early 2000s crime and violence have been more common with Canada’s
youth. The weapon possession within communities is increasing the risk of crime, violence,
selling of drugs, and gangs. Young offenders are exposed and are need care and rehabilitation
to get back on their feet. Despite Canada’s Criminal Justice System's success of de-weapons
across the country, there is an imbalance of enforcement in which the public media approves.
Gun often defines the power of the country as well as the crime rate. Canada is one of the
countries that generally have some serious gun control regulations. Being a neighbor of
America where such ruthless gun practices are available, Canada imposes some stricter rule
upon its gun use by its citizens. However, this downturn in the Canadian crime rate has been
noticed since 1970. However, the media report of the Toronto newspaper has created havoc
among the citizens regarding the increasing rate of crime. Analysis of homicide statistics
disclosed that the rate of murder with rifle and shot-guns has been decreased in a quite
approachable rate (Newman & Head 2017). However, since 1991 the popularity of handguns
substituted the popularity of long-guns as a crime weapon. Thereafter, the rate of homicidal
conduct continued to see an upward turn and on the other hand, the long-guns crimes have
been decreased historically. This has further brought into the picture the trending rate of
private offenses in Canada.
It has been seen that the most popular trend in Canada nowadays is that shooting now
happens in crowded and public places of small and big cities in Canada. It can be said that
due to this trend people of Canada if are not scared of the growing crimes committing by the
youth offenders but they are facing anxiety over the issue. Most public dissertation