Illa Announces a Proposal to Toughen the Illegal Possession of Weapons in the Penal Code
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The government of Salvador Illa proposes a reform of the Penal Code to tighten penalties for possession and display of weapons after the sustained increase of shootings throughout the country.
President seeks deterrent effect after 68 shootings with 6 fatalities and 27 injuries until June
The PSC will propose an initiative for Parliament to propose the modification to the Congress of Deputies
Illa Proposes to Tighten Penalties for Illegal Possession of Weapons to Allow Them to Go Into Prison
The president proposes to raise the possession of prohibited or modified weapons to between two and four years, to between 18 months and 3 years the possession of weapons without a licence, and to up to 4 years the possession of aggravated weapons
During the first six months of 2026, incidents in which someone has fired a bullet in Catalonia have increased by 45%. That is, a shooting has been recorded every two days, with a balance of six deaths and seventeen injuries. If we add the cases in which someone has displayed a firearm, even if they have not used it, there is one incident per day. And, in these cases, real weapons are increasingly common: they now represent 42% of the total, whe…
The PSC will present a bill in the Parliament, which will then be forwarded to Congress, which proposes to amend three articles of the Penal Code in order to [...]
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