Guelph father and son facing gun charges

Guelph Police say a welfare check on Thursday led to gun charges for a father and son.

Officers were dispatched to a home in the Exhibition Park neighbourhood around 2 p.m.

Police said they were there to “check the wellbeing of a resident after concerning social media posts were reported.”

A loaded gun and unloaded shotgun were found during a search of the home.

Police said both were out in the open without trigger locks.

The 70-year-old father was charged with two counts of improper storage of a gun,

His son, a 25-year-old, was charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of an unloaded firearm with ammunition and possession of a firearm without a licence.