FIREARMS FACTS - UPDATE

 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADMITS TO MAKING MORE MAJOR MISTAKES

 

DEPT. OF JUSTICE RESPONSE TO BREITKREUZ’S ACCESS TO INFORMATION REQUEST

FILE: A-2002-0070 – July 11, 2002

 

 

15,381 LICENCES ISSUED TO PERSONS WITHOUT FIREARMS SAFETY COURSE

 “Automated searches have identified 1,831,896 valid Licensees for which there were 259 issued with the wrong photograph; 62 licences had no address and 15,381 had no indication of having satisfactorily passed the safety training course or equivalent.”

 

26,800 DUPLICATE FIREARMS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES ISSUED

“Automated searches have identified 3,791,146 uniquely registered firearms for which there are 26,800 instances of duplicate registration certificates having been issued.  There were also 3,475 firearms registered under the wrong class and subsequently corrected.”