FIREARMS
FACTS - UPDATE
LIBERALS
HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY GUNS OR WHAT TYPE OF GUNS POLICE HAVE DESTROYED OR
March
24, 2004
GARRY
BREITKREUZ, MP - ACCESS REQUEST DATED FEBRUARY 3, 2004
For
the period, December 1, 1998 to present, please provide copies of reports
showing the total number and types of firearms (prohibited, restricted,
unrestricted – registered and unregistered) destroyed by the RCMP and police
departments in each province and territory; and copies of reports showing how
much it has cost police to destroy these firearms.
CANADA FIREARMS CENTRE RESPONSE DATED MARCH 4, 2004 - FILE: A-2003-0042
The
Public Agency Regulations are not yet in full effect, therefore reporting the
destruction of firearms is at the discretion of each police department.
The total number of firearms reported and confirmed on our systems as
destroyed to date is: 49,447. We
have no report available with a breakdown by class of firearm and reporting
police department. Police departments are responsible for the destruction of
firearms seized or turned in to them and the CAFC does not have a report of any
associated cost.