Firearms / Weapons
Edmonton Firearms Lawyer
Firearm offence lawyer for Edmonton & all of Alberta
If you are charged with an offence involving a firearm we are the law firm to turn to. A significant portion of our practice involves firearms offences. Hopkins Law stays on top of developments regarding firearm offence law.
At Hopkins Law, we understand that guns have an important role in Alberta life. Many of our clients hunt for sport and become tangled up in gun laws simply because they’ve fallen into bad practices, which, to them are not criminal. However, if you are charged as a result of bad practices in handling and storing firearms you could well end up with a criminal conviction. At Hopkins Law we try to get the prosecutors to understand how someone can fall short of what has become a very high standard of care and not necessarily be prosecuted.
Firearms/Weapons Lawyers – Edmonton & surrounding area
587-414-6851 *available 24/7
Hopkins Law – Criminal Lawyers
Edmonton: 11051 97 Street #101
In recent years Parliament has cracked down on firearms in Canada and dozens of new serious firearms offences are now on the books. Moreover, there are new mandatory minimum sentences in play where offence are committed while using firearms. Though firearms remain relatively easy to obtain in Alberta, serious criminal sanctions await those who are found to improperly deal with firearms, even those which are lawfully obtained.
Common Firearm Offence Questions:
If I am convicted of a firearms offence am I likely to go to jail?
Gun charges in the context of drug offences almost always attract penitentiary sentences. Being in possession of a loaded, prohibited firearm almost always results in a penitentiary sentence. A person charged with firearms offences should immediately consult an experienced firearms offence lawyer.
Are gun charges unusually complicated charges to defend?
Recent constitutional challenges to firearms legislation involving mandatory minimum sentences have shown how concerned Canadian courts are about gun violence. As a result, prosecutors will often try to show a connection between someone possessing a firearm and the possibility or likelihood of violence. Such cases call for an experienced defence lawyer to resist the tendency to overgeneralize about the use and possession of firearms.
Given how much is at stake when an individual is charged with firearms offences, you should turn to Hopkins Law to ensure you are fully and effectively defended.
Weapons/Firearms Lawyers – Edmonton & surrounding area
587-414-6851 *available 24/7
Hopkins Law – Criminal Lawyers
Edmonton: 11051 97 Street #101
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