Gun runner sentenced 5 1/2 years for facilitating 'scourge of gun violence'

An Ottawa man was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to gun-running as part of a local arms ring ensnared in a police sting operation.
Luke McCormick, 25, surrounded by family and supporters, stood to face Justice Trevor Brown before he was escorted from the courtroom by Ottawa police.
Justice Brown called the sentence “shocking and crushing” for the father of a young child, but called it the “proper sentence in the public interest.&rdquo