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Steele (2007)

R v Steele: What Does it Mean to 'Use' a Firearm?

In 1977 Parliament introduced a number of far-reaching amendments to the Criminal Code, RSC, 1985, c C-46 as part of a "gun control" scheme aimed at, among other things, reducing firearm-related crime. Significant among these changes was section 85(1) which provided that the use of a firearm while committing certain indictable offences should carry a mandatory […]