GUNTER: THE LIBERALS’ CYNICAL, INEFFECTIVE GUN POLICIES CONTINUE
GUNTER: The Liberals’ cynical, ineffective gun policies continue
EXCERPT: For instance, last year Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale claimed there were more than 1,200 break-ins a year in Canada in which guns were stolen. He credited StatsCan for that figure. However, StatsCan’s database shows five “robberies to steal firearms” in 2013, 16 in 2014, 12 in 2015 and 18 in both 2016 and 2017. There may not have been 1,200 break-ins to steal guns in the 151 years since Confederation. Firearms researcher Dennis Young filed an access to information request asking for “records, reports and statistics showing the number of firearms stolen in Canada” over the last 18 years and “where they were stolen from.” The federal government had to admit it doesn’t keep those statistics (except at StatsCan), even though Goodale, Blair and others keep insisting on much higher totals. Perhaps most troubling, there are more than 420,000 Canadians who are banned from owning guns, typically because of previous criminal convictions. But Goodale had to admit recently, the federal firearms computers “do not capture information concerning the illegal acquisition of firearms by prohibited persons.” By Lorne Gunter, Toronto Sun – February 16, 2019 https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-the-liberals-cynical-ineffective-gun-policies-continue
UPDATED: WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE CANADA’S GUN CONTROL PROGRAMS ARE WORKING?
Maybe Senators can get the answers that my Access to Information requests can’t? By Dennis R. Young – Updated: February 15, 2019
WHAT DO THE LIBERAL’S MEAN WHEN THEY SAY EVIDENCE-BASED’ GUN CONTROL POLICIES? Canada’s Gun Control Regime (C-17 & C-68) Implemented ‘Despite the Absence of Precise Data’ – By Dennis R. Young – May 25, 2017 http://canadafreepress.com/article/what-do-the-liberals-mean-when-they-say-evidence-based-gun-control-policies
JUSTIN TRUDEAU’S PROMISES FOR A NEW OPEN & TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT https://dennisryoung.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/TRUDEAUS-PROMISES-Open-Government.pdf
RCMP REPORT: FIREARMS LICENSING AND REGISTRATION ERRORS FOR 2017
Response to Access to Information Act request dated February 3, 2019 RCMP ATIP FILE: A-2018-03594 – Received by Dennis R. Young February 15, 2019 – Detailed analysis of the attached statistics pending.
FIREARMS REGISTRATION SYSTEM ERRORS:
- For the year 2017, the number of enquiries received to report errors with firearms registration certificates;
- For the year 2017, the number of registration certificates returned by the post office noting the wrong address;
- As of December 31, 2017, the number of persons prohibited from owning firearms still in possession of registered firearms;
- As of December 31, 2017, the number of persons with an expired or revoked licence still in possession of their registered firearms;
- As of December 31, 2017, the number of firearms no longer in the possession of the registered owner;
- As of December 31, 2017, the number of firearms reported as sold by RCMP approved dealers but still listed in the dealers’ inventories;
- As of December 31, 2017, the number of firearms registered with the same makes, models and serial numbers;
- As of December 31, 2017, the number of firearms registered without serial numbers;
- As of December 31, 2017, the number of firearms registered as restricted firearms but are actually prohibited firearms;
- As of December 31, 2017, the number of firearms registered as restricted but are actually non-restricted; and
- As of December 31, 2017, the number of duplicate firearms registration certificates in the system.
FIREARMS LICENCING SYSTEM ERRORS
- For the year 2017, the number of enquiries received to report errors in firearms licences;
- For the year 2017, the number of firearms licences returned by the post office with the wrong address;
- For the year 2017, the number of firearms licences issued with the wrong photograph or owner description;
- As of December 31, 2017, the number of persons prohibited from owning firearms still in possession of their firearms licence; and
- As of December 31, 2017, the number of change of address notifications waiting to be entered in the system.
NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA RESPONDS TO 8 FIREARMS QUESTIONS
NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA: FIREARMS POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND STATISTICS – Initial Analysis of 142-Page Response to my July 23, 2018 Access to Information Act request By Dennis R. Young – February 10, 2019
SEE PDF PAGES 137-142: NRCAN RESPONSE TO MY ORIGINAL EIGHT QUESTIONS
SEE PAGES 24-39: ANNUAL DEPARTMENTAL VERIFICATION ON COMPLIANCE AND OVERSIGHT ON FIREARMS – APRIL 2017
SEE PDF PAGE 35: DEPARTMENTAL FIREARMS, TYPE, MAKE AND MODEL: 47 RIFLES, 3 HANDGUNS, 126 SHOTGUNS
SEE PDF PAGES 88-90: MEMORANDUM TO ASSISTANT DEPUTY MINISTER – APRIL 24, 2018 – EXCERPT: “However, in specific regions of British Columbia and the Yukon, field conditions (i.e. mountainous landscapes, dense bush, and steep terrain), which generally require the use of both hands to safely traverse, make restricted firearms, specifically the .44 magnum side arm, the most appropriate solution for self-defence against wildlife.”
EVIDENCE LACKING ON HIGH, MEDIUM AND LOW PRIORITY GUN CONTROL TARGETS
OPEN LETTER #4 TO SENATORS: EVIDENCE LACKING ON HIGH, MEDIUM AND LOW PRIORITY GUN CONTROL TARGETS
Why are 443,043 convicted criminals prohibited from owning firearms by the courts allowed to roam Canada free of any of the government’s gun control programs? On November 24, 2004, Firearms Commissioner Bill Baker testified before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights: “On the change of address, if someone is prohibited from having a firearm in the country they are no longer effectively covered by the Firearms Act.” Maybe it’s time they should. By Dennis R. Young – February 5, 2019
WHAT HAS GUN CONTROL COST TAXPAYERS?
SUMMARY OF REPORTED FIREARMS PROGRAM SPENDING 1995 TO 2017
Highest Spending Amounts Reported = $1.79 Billion – Lowest Spending Amounts Reported = $1.60 Billion
PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA BACKGROUNDER: Costs and Crime Statistics
QUESTIONS GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO ANSWER
RCMP FIREARMS PROGRAM 2016/2017: $53.7 MILLION AND 451 EMPLOYEES
RCMP FIREARMS PROGRAM SPENDING & STAFFING 2016/2017: $53.7 MILLION AND 451 FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS (FTE) – RCMP ATIP Response dated January 23, 2018 – Requested Dec 8, 2017 – Received January 29, 2019
DECEMBER 5, 2018 – IMPORTANT GUN CONTROL STATISTICS MISSING FROM RCMP FIREARMS COMMISSIONER’S REPORTS TO PARLIAMENT – The Liberal Government promised their policies and programs would be ‘evidence-based’. Unfortunately, the base of ‘evidence’ in support of federal firearms programs is sorely lacking. https://dennisryoung.ca/2018/12/05/evidence-based-firearms-statistics-desparately-needed
SENATORS DEBATE ATT AMENDMENTS IN BILL C-71
SENATOR PRATTE AND SENATOR PLETT DEBATE ATT AMENDMENTS IN BILL C-71 – E-mail exchange reveals lawful gun owners are the real targets of Bill C-71 – not crime guns and gangs. By Dennis R. Young – January 25, 2019
TEN YEARS OF RCMP AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSPORT (ATT) STATISTICS
RCMP ATIP Response dated January 16, 2019 – Received by Dennis R. Young January 22, 2019 ATT Statistics by Province, 2008 to 2017
- Total ATTs issued for Canada 2008 to 2017 = 992,139
- Total ATTs Refused = 17
- Total ATTs Revoked = 471
ONTARIO CFO COSTS OF PROCESSING & ISSUING ONE ATT IN 2017 = $2.16
THE GUN DEBATE IN CANADA: PT-2 – “ASSAULT WEAPONS”
THE GUN DEBATE IN CANADA: PT-2 – “ASSAULT WEAPONS”
“We will take action to get handguns and assault weapons off our streets”. Liberal Party of Canada website. Several statements about firearms use and misuse have been made by the governing Liberal Party of Canada, and by gun-control lobby groups even as the Liberal government mulls a complete ban on handguns and possibly also on so-called “assault weapons” which are modern semi-automatic sporting rifles. By RCI | english@rcinet.ca Monday 21 January, 2019 http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2019/01/21/the-gun-debate-in-canada-pt-2-assault-weapons/