PUBLICATION:
The
DATE:
2005.02.15
EDITION:
Final
SECTION:
News
PAGE:
12
BYLINE:
BILL KAUFMANN,
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CRITIC SLAMS FEDS' GUN CONTROL CLAIM
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Federal
gun-control officials claim compliance with firearms licensing and registration
laws has reached almost 90%. The figure is in a Canada Firearms Centre report
released yesterday, stating nearly seven- million guns have been registered
since it became mandatory Jan. 1, 2003.
But Saskatchewan Conservative MP Gary Breitkreuz said the
document greatly exaggerates the success by excluding millions of unregistered
firearms. "We've determined there are at least 16.5-million firearms out
there so we've got not even half registered," said Breitkreuz.
Wendy
Cukier of the Coalition for Gun Control said Breitkreuz's numbers are hogwash,
going against both internal and foreign data on firearms ownership in
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NEWS RELEASE - December 13, 2001
MILLIONS MORE GUNS IN
http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/breitkreuzgpress/GunControl50.htm
RCMP - "8.4 to 11 MILLION FIREARMS TO BE
REGISTERED"
http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/publications/firearmstoberegistered.pdf
On March 19, 1976, Justice Minister Ron Basford tabled a
19-page document in the House of Commons titled: STATISTICS RELATING TO THE GUN
CONTROL QUESTION http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/publications/firearms_facts_feb27-03.htm