NATIONAL POST LETTER TO THE EDITOR: GUN FACTS DISPUTED
NATIONAL POST LETTER TO THE EDITOR: GUN FACTS DISPUTED Re: Illegal guns sourced in Canada are surging, compared to those smuggled from the U.S. – July 24, 2018 The increase reported by police stems from a change in the definition of ‘crime guns,’ not from any verifiable change in where criminals get their guns. By Gary Mauser, Professor Emeritus, Simon Fraser University – July 28, 2018 https://dennisryoung.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Mauser-Letter-National-Post-July-28-2018.pdf
JULY 25, 2018 – BRIAN LILLEY: NO, 50% OF GUNS USED IN CRIME ARE NOT FROM CANADA http://brianlilley.com/no-50-of-guns-used-in-crime-are-not-from-canada/
NOVEMBER 29, 2017 – CALIBRE MAGAZINE: BULK OF CRIME GUNS DOMESTICALLY SOURCED? TRY 33% AT MOST https://calibremag.ca/bulk-of-crime-guns-domestically-sourced-false/
JUNE 23, 2017 – JUSTICE FOR GUN OWNERS: SHOULD “CRIME GUNS” INCLUDE GUNS CONFISCATED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CRIMES? http://justiceforgunowners.ca/should-crime-guns-include-guns-confiscated-for-administrative-crimes/
JUNE 22, 2017 – CANADA FREE PRESS: CRITIQUE OF CANADA FIREARMS PROGRAM 2014 FIESD ANNUAL REPORT – Most ‘crime guns’ are NOT ‘domestically sourced’ and RCMP Inspector Chris McBryan is wrong to claim they arehttps://canadafreepress.com/article/critique-of-canada-firearms-program-2014-fiesd-annual-report
WHAT THE RCMP DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT THE GUNS THEY RECLASSIFY
Number of Guns Confiscated or Surrendered = 114 Total Compensation Paid = $269,060.35
TORONTO POLICE WANT $250 FOR THEIR ‘CRIME GUN’ STATISTICS
STATSCAN ATIP CONFIRMS: SOURCE OF CRIME GUNS UNKNOWN – Access to Information Response dated May 16, 2018 – Received June 26, 2018 https://dennisryoung.ca/2018/06/26/statscan-atip-response-source-crime-guns-unknown/
“THE CANADIAN FIREARMS INFORMATION SYSTEM DOES NOT COLLECT THE REQUESTED INFORMATION.” Firearms Seized by Police that are: “(iii) domestically sourced, (iv) smuggled into Canada” https://dennisryoung.ca/2018/06/23/key-evidence-missing-responses-bill-c-71-order-paper-questions/
RCMP ASKED TO UPDATE THE NUMBER OF FIREARMS ‘USED’ IN CRIME
The Library of Parliament Research Branch examined two different reports published by Statistics Canada on violent crime in 1999. They determined that the “Presence of a Firearm in Violent Incidents” was 4.1%, but the “Use of a Firearm in Violent Incidents” was only 1.4% – almost three times lower than the figure reported by Statistics Canada and accepted and repeated by the media without any explanation or clarification.
On July 21, 1997, the J.P.R. Murray, Commissioner of the RCMP wrote the Deputy Minister of Justice to complain about the department’s misrepresentation of RCMP statistics. The Commissioner set the record straight: “Furthermore, the RCMP investigated 88,162 actual violent crimes during 1993, where only 73 of these offences, or 0.08%, involved the use of firearms.” Copy of this letter attached for easy reference.
STATSCAN ATIP CONFIRMS: SOURCE OF CRIME GUNS UNKNOWN
STATISTICS CANADA: Surveys and statistical programs – Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&Id=380106
“THE CANADIAN FIREARMS INFORMATION SYSTEM DOES NOT COLLECT THE REQUESTED INFORMATION.” Firearms Seized by Police that are: “(iii) domestically sourced, (iv) smuggled into Canada” https://dennisryoung.ca/2018/06/23/key-evidence-missing-responses-bill-c-71-order-paper-questions/
KEY ‘EVIDENCE’ MISSING FROM RESPONSES TO BILL C-71 ORDER PAPER QUESTIONS
Government firearms statistics focussed on ‘activity’ – not ‘effectiveness’
NO ‘EVIDENCE-BASED’ JUSTIFICATION FOR RCMP FIREARMS INSPECTIONS
1,428 Firearms Inspections conducted by RCMP CFOs since January 2015 – 1 Revocation
ARE STRAW PURCHASES REALLY THE ‘MAIN SOURCE’ OF CRIME GUNS IN ALBERTA?
STILL SEEKING EVIDENCE: SOURCES OF ‘CRIME GUNS’ – Statistics Canada Access to Information Act request – April 15, 2018 https://dennisryoung.ca/2018/04/19/still-seeking-evidence-sources-crime-guns/
ATT PROCESSING COSTS?
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TAXPAYERS TO PROCESS AUTHORIZATIONS TO TRANSPORT FIREARMS?