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Tony Blair is planning urgent measures to tackle gun crime and target gangs after a series of fatal shootings.
The PM has ordered a review of laws and wants those aged 18 to 21, and not just the over-21s, to face minimum five-year jail terms for having illegal firearms.
Police could also be given more powers to deal with teenage gangs.
Opposition politicians said there were no quick fixes for society's problems. Four people, including three teenagers, have been killed in London this month.
The teenagers were all shot dead in south London - two of them in their own homes.
And on Saturday, a 28-year-old man was shot dead in Hackney, east London, while three men are in hospital after being shot in two separate attacks in the Moss Side and Longsight areas of Manchester.
The Sunday Times reported that the prime minister has ordered an immediate review of all of the laws surrounding the possession and use of guns and will call a summit of ministers and the police to talk about how to challenge gun violence.
On Sunday, he will say that offenders as young as 18 will face at least five years in jail if caught with illegal fire arms.
At the moment, that sentence only applies to the over 21s.
And he will announce more powers for police to deal with teenage gangs.
Downing Street has told BBC News the prime minister had ordered a review of legislation two weeks ago and the plans were not just a reaction to events of recent days.
Responding to Mr Blair's plans, Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell said there were "no quick fixes" to the problem.
"Rather than new laws we need more police and more effective policing," he told BBC News.
"All young people should feel they have a stake in society - effective schooling, more engaged youth services and better community support are all needed to help young people escape the cycle of deprivation and gang culture."
And Nick Herbert, Tory shadow spokesman for police reform, told the BBC "short-term emergency government announcements" were "no substitute for long-term patient action to rebuild a broken society".
"It's not just tougher laws that are needed but also strong enforcement, with police on our streets, and a new focus on the drivers of gang crime - most of all family breakdown," he added.
Strange how nothing gets done unless something like this starts occurring
Tony Blair is planning urgent measures to tackle gun crime and target gangs after a series of fatal shootings.
The PM has ordered a review of laws and wants those aged 18 to 21, and not just the over-21s, to face minimum five-year jail terms for having illegal firearms.
Police could also be given more powers to deal with teenage gangs.
Opposition politicians said there were no quick fixes for society's problems. Four people, including three teenagers, have been killed in London this month.
The teenagers were all shot dead in south London - two of them in their own homes.
And on Saturday, a 28-year-old man was shot dead in Hackney, east London, while three men are in hospital after being shot in two separate attacks in the Moss Side and Longsight areas of Manchester.
The Sunday Times reported that the prime minister has ordered an immediate review of all of the laws surrounding the possession and use of guns and will call a summit of ministers and the police to talk about how to challenge gun violence.
On Sunday, he will say that offenders as young as 18 will face at least five years in jail if caught with illegal fire arms.
At the moment, that sentence only applies to the over 21s.
And he will announce more powers for police to deal with teenage gangs.
Downing Street has told BBC News the prime minister had ordered a review of legislation two weeks ago and the plans were not just a reaction to events of recent days.
Responding to Mr Blair's plans, Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell said there were "no quick fixes" to the problem.
"Rather than new laws we need more police and more effective policing," he told BBC News.
"All young people should feel they have a stake in society - effective schooling, more engaged youth services and better community support are all needed to help young people escape the cycle of deprivation and gang culture."
And Nick Herbert, Tory shadow spokesman for police reform, told the BBC "short-term emergency government announcements" were "no substitute for long-term patient action to rebuild a broken society".
"It's not just tougher laws that are needed but also strong enforcement, with police on our streets, and a new focus on the drivers of gang crime - most of all family breakdown," he added.
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