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A man seized a firearm and a citizen at Kingston General Hospital in Ontario on Monday night. According to preliminary information provided by the Kingston Police, the suspect, a prisoner, a Correctional Service Canada officer at approximately 6:00 pm He then opened fire, twice reaching a citizen. The frenzied was […]
Investigations into whether gun licences should be revoked due to violent incidents or mental illness have faced “significant delays” that could endanger public safety, says an internal RCMP review. A lack of timely access to certain police and medical information has contributed to processing backlogs for firearms officers reviewing licence […]
For the third time in a month in the province, an outdoor trade was the scene of a major gun theft. This time, the criminals struck late Tuesday night at Pronature, in Magog, Estrie. They entered the trade around 23h by forcing the back door of the building. Once inside, […]
Most Canadians are shocked to hear that Canada has the fourth highest level of gun violence amongst OECD nations. A revealing comparison is with Japan, which has an absolute ban on firearms. Japan reports an average of 0.005 firearm homicides per 100,000 people per year. Canada, by the same measure, averages 0.48, nearly […]
Saskatoon police will host social media Q&A on firearms storage after Jordan Lafond inquest recommendation Saskatoon police plan to hold a Q&A day on social media in the New Year on unsafe firearms storage. It stems from the coroner’s inquest held earlier this year into the death of 22-year-old Jordan […]
A six-year-old child and a man in his fifties were shot dead Friday night at a Montreal Island residence. The suspect was controlled shortly before 8:30 pm QMI, it is the father of the child who would have made 19h towards his son and the other victim, who would have […]
The Ministry of Environment is looking to buy 147 semi-automatic carbines for conservation officers in Saskatchewan. In a request for proposals posted this week, the ministry said the weapons are needed to keep officers safe, noting they often deal with “high risk individuals, that are often armed.” Assistant deputy minister […]
Senator Dean twisted statistics on the Senate floor. He incorrectly said that shooting was the most common way to commit suicide in Canada. It is not. According to Cause of Death statistics reported by Statistics Canada, hanging has been the most common suicide method for decades, accounting for an average 47% of all suicides […]
The Canadian government said its survey on banning guns is an “open, anonymous and barrier-free tool” as it responded to concern of biased questions and unreliable answers. Background Gun owners across the country criticized the relevance and methodology of the online questionnaire after it went live on Oct. 11. They […]
Hunters in Quebec are reluctant to register their firearms in the new Quebec registry, launched nine months ago, following the abolition of the federal registry. Just 14% of all unrestricted long guns in circulation in Quebec have been registered since the Act came into force on January 29th. Time is […]
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