Thieves broke into three outdoor-equipment shops in the Quebec towns of Alma, Sherbrooke and Magog between Oct. 16 and Nov. 13, making off in the middle of the night with about 50 handguns worth tens of thousands of dollars. In the midst of these thefts, on Nov. 7, Toronto police […]
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Third theft of handguns in a month in Quebec
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, […]
Ministry Responds to Concerns of Bias, Repeats in Gun-Ban Survey
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 […]