KD leader Ebba Bush opened Thursday's press conference with the words:

- It has been a historically dark summer.

She then mentioned some of the recent high-profile shootings, and then referred to the latest Brå report which shows that Sweden is at the top when it comes to lethal firearm violence in Europe.

Andreas Carlson, the Christian Democrats' legal policy spokesman, also took part in the press conference, presenting two new proposals in the area.

The first is increased penalties for gun crime.

- The government has sharpened the punishment somewhat for these two crimes in recent years, which has had some effect, but the shootings have continued with undiminished force, says Andreas Carlson.

- The supply of illegal weapons in Sweden is frighteningly good and much more needs to be done to reverse the trend.

Wants to introduce tip money

In the case of a felony, parity proposes a further increase in the minimum sentence, from 2 years to 5 years 'imprisonment, and the maximum sentence from 5 years to 10 years' imprisonment.

The party also wants to increase the punishment for extremely serious gun crime - from 4-7 years in prison to between 10-18 years in prison.

According to Carlson, the increased penalties will apply to illegal weapons and weapons handling.

The second proposal is about giving the police the opportunity to pay tip money of up to SEK 50,000 to anyone who tips about where an illegal weapon is.

- To increase the police's opportunities, we propose that we introduce what already exists in Denmark, an opportunity to pay out tip money.

And it must of course be conditional that it leads to weapons being seized, says Andreas Carlson.

- That you use it in some way, we see that risk as marginal.

But the whole purpose is to turn the gangs against each other, says Ebba Busch.

KD has also previously been involved in the issue of anonymous witnesses.