REGINA POLICE ‘CRIME GUN’ STATS FAIL TO SUPPORT CHIEF BRAY’S STATEMENT
On July 25, 2017 Global News reported: Police are struggling with gun crime on the Queen City’s streets, and some people might find that the source of the firearms is closer than expected. “They’re not being brought in by the United States, in fact most of them are not even being brought across a border to come here. They’re coming from break and enters,” Regina Police Chief Evan Bray said.
Regina Police Service Freedom of Information incomplete response received August 20, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
RCMP FIREARMS SEIZED ‘CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS’ 2017-2019
RCMP REPORT: FIREARMS SEIZED ‘CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS’ BY PROVINCE, 2017-2019
RCMP Response to Access to Information Act request dated August 16, 2019 – Received by Dennis R. Young August 22, 2019
NOTE: Also see attached: RCMP Firearms Seized ‘Criminal Investigations’ by Province 2015-2017
CANADA’S GUN REGISTRY USED AS ‘USEFUL’ EXAMPLE BY NEW ZEALAND POLICE
EXCERPT: This week Police Association president Chris Cahill claimed Canadian “police officers” check registers (a gun registry remains for restricted weapons) about 11,000 times a day. “That gives you an idea of how useful it can be,” he reportedly said. In reality, police computer systems trigger automatic registry searches thousands of times daily, usually in relation to routine policing like traffic stops. In 2006, Canada’s then auditor general Sheila Fraser called such hits “an activity indicator [rather] than an indicator of effectiveness.” Column by Kate MacNamara www.stuff.co.nz July 25, 2019 READ THE REST: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion-analysis/114472787/plan-to-tighter-gun-laws-to-cost-up-to-53m-over-10-years–stuart-nash-says
MP GARRY BREITKREUZ FIREARMS FACTS UPDATE MAY 31, 2006
AUDITOR GENERAL: 5,000 HITS A DAY AN INDICATOR OF ACTIVITY – NOT EFFECTIVENESS
http://cssa-cila.org/garryb/publications/2006_new/71.htm
NATIONAL DEFENCE REPORTS HOLDING 159,759 FIREARMS
DND Response to Question #2: ATIP File: A-2018-00795 July 18, 2019 Received July 23, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
• 117,281 Prohibited
• 17,649 Restricted
• 24,829 Non-Restricted
LIST OF THE RCMP’s LOST & STOLEN GUNS, BY TYPE, BY YEAR, 2010-2017
RCMP Access to Information Act File: A-2018-05012 dated February 2019
3-Page Response to Informal Request received by Dennis R. Young July 19, 2019
RCMP REPORT: REGISTERED FIREARMS REPORTED STOLEN BY YEAR, 2013-2017
RCMP Access to Information Act File: A-2018-03101 dated February 2019
Response to Informal Request received by Dennis R. Young July 18, 2019
RCMP REPORT: 10,026 HAVE ACCESS TO RCMP FIREARMS REFERENCE TABLE (FRT)
• International Users: 1,002
• Canadian Users: 9,024
RCMP Access to Information Act File: A-2017-05693 dated January 2019
Response to Informal Request received by Dennis R. Young July 18, 2019
RCMP GEOGRAPHICAL FIREARMS REPORT 2019
Canadian Firearms Program Firearms Management and Strategic Services Directorate
RCMP Access to Information Act File: A-2018-09415 dated January 2019
Response to Informal Request received by Dennis R. Young July 18, 2019
CBC OMBUDSMAN HAS NO SAY IN NEWS NOT COVERED
JULY 13, 2019 COMPLAINT: Failure To Report News That Guns Are Also Stolen From Police, Military And Public Agencies
JULY 15, 2019 RESPONSE: “CBC’s Office of the Ombudsman is independent of CBC News management and thus has no say in day-to-day decision-making about which stories are covered.”