FIREARMS DIGEST POSTINGS
National and International Gun Control News for the week ending April 26, 2019
FIREARMS DIGEST POSTINGS
National and International Gun Control News for the week ending April 19, 2019
RCMP RELEASE CN POLICE FIREARMS REPORT
The CN Police Service declared their firearms information was protected by the Privacy Act. RCMP Access to Information Act response dated April 8, 2019 received on April 15, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
OCTOBER 12, 2018 – CN POLICE REFUSE TO PROVIDE FIREARMS STATISTICS
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National and International Gun Control News for the week ending April 12, 2019
HOW BAD IS CANADA’S RECIDIVISM PROBLEM?
CORRECTIONAL SERVICE CANADA DOES NOT REPORT ON RECIDIVISM – Response to Access to Access to Information Act Request dated April 10, 2019 EXCERPT: “Please note that our Office of Primary Interest has advised that Correctional Service Canada (CSC) does not report on recidivism because there is no universally agreed upon definition of recidivism and that CSC does not have ready access to all of the data needed to properly attempt to measure recidivism.”
STATISTICS PROVIDED:
TABLE 1 – The Number of Offenders on Conditional Release Successfully Reaching Warrant Expiry Date Without Readmission – 2008 to 2019
TABLE 2 – Rate of Convictions on Supervision for Minor/Moderate Offences per 1,000 Offenders – 2008 to 2019
TABLE 3 – Rate of Convictions on Supervision for Serious Violent Offences per 1,000 Offenders – 2008 to 2019
TABLE 4 – Rate of Convictions on supervision for Offences Resulting in Death per 1,000 Offenders – 2008 to 2019
TABLE 5 – the Number of Offenders not Readmitted to Federal Custody within 5 years Following Sentence Expiry Date 2003 to 2014
NFA – SENATOR’S ATTEMPT TO BAN HANDGUNS FAILS
SENATOR MCPHEDRAN TO MOVE BILL C-71 AMENDMENT TO “PROHIBIT” HANDGUNS IN CANADA – News Release – Ottawa, April 8, 2019 – Today at the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence’s (SECD) clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms, Senator Marilou McPhedran, an independent Senator for Manitoba, will move to amend clause 16 that already proposes to amend subsection 84(1) of the Criminal Code – exactly the subsection that could also be amended to add handguns to the “prohibited firearm” list in the Code. CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST
THE PAST WEEKS FIREARMS DIGEST POSTINGS
National and International Gun Control News for the week ending March 29, 2019
RELEASED: 191 PAGES OF BILL BLAIR’S BAN HANDGUNS CONSULTATIONS
PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA RELEASES 191 OF 220 PAGES ON BILL BLAIR’S BAN HANDGUNS AND ASSAULT WEAPONS CONSULTATIONS – Public Safety Canada ATIP Response dated March 18, 2019 Received by Dennis R. Young on March 27, 2019