FIREARMS FACTS UPDATE

NO DATA ON THE NUMBER OF GUNS CONFISCATED

AS A RESULT OF BANNING HUNDREDS OF

DIFFERENT TYPES OF FIREARMS

FEBRUARY 14, 2000 – BREITKREUZ ATI REQUEST TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Please provide copies of all reports, briefing notes, records and correspondence which document: (1) The factors considered and the reasons why the government prohibited the Feather Model AT-9 semi-auto carbine (i.e. number of crimes committed with this firearm, etc); (2) The decision-making process involved in issuing the prohibition order; (3) The cost of processing, passing, implementing and maintaining this prohibition order;, and (4) The results achieved by the prohibition of this firearm (i.e. the number of firearms turned in to police, the number of firearms confiscated, compensation paid to owners, number of firearms destroyed, the reduction of crime, etc, etc.

APRIL 14, 2000 – JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE (ATIP File: A—1999-0252/rr)

Please note that the department does not collect all of the information which you have requested.  In part one of your request, you asked for the number of crimes committed with this particular weapon.  The department does not keep statistics of that nature.  Part three of your request was for the cost of processing, passing, implementing and maintaining this prohibition order; again, the department does not capture information related to this aspect of your request.  Finally, in part four of your request, you asked for the results achieved from the prohibition of this firearm, citing specifically the number of firearms turned in, the number confiscated, compensation paid, the number of firearms destroyed and the reduction of crime.  No compensation was paid, as the Order-in-Council prohibiting this firearm did not offer compensation, as you will see from the enclosed records.  In respect to statistics, statistics on reduction of crimes associated with this weapon are not kept.  Statistics on the number of Feather Model AT-9’s turned in, confiscated or destroyed may be available from the RCMP Register.

FEBRUARY 14, 2000 – BREITKREUZ ATI REQUEST TO RCMP

Please provide copies of all records and information available on the Feather Model AT-9 that was prohibited under Prohibited Weapons Order No. 11.  Information requested includes: the total number of crimes committed with this firearm, the total number imported into Canada, the total number registered in the Canadian Firearms Registry, the total number turned in to police, the total number destroyed by police, the total number exported out of Canada, the cost to the RCMP to implement and maintain this prohibition order.

MARCH 10, 2000 – RCMP RESPONSE (RCMP File: 00ATIP-07687)

Based on the information provided, a search for records was conducted in Ottawa ( Ontario ).  Please be advised that we were unable to locate any information relating to your request.

RCMP NEVER TRIED TO FIND OUT WHO OWN BANNED GUNS

The RCMP never contacted licenced firearms dealers to determine how many Feather Model AT-9s they imported into Canada , how many they sold or to request the names of the persons they sold the newly banned firearms to.  On May 15, 2000, one firearms dealer provided the following documentation on the Feather AT-9 for his store: “imported 75, returned 7, sold 68.”  He still has the names and addresses on file of every customer who purchased the now prohibited Feather AT-9.