Posted on 12/04/2002 12:18:15 PM PST by Clive
FIREARMS QUICK FACTS
By Garry Breitkreuz, MP Updated: December 3, 2002
NOTE #1: The following firearms facts and statistics have been obtained directly from the government. The only exceptions are the information provided on polls and the use of firearms for self-defence.
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GOVT ADMITS WHAT GUN REGISTRY HAS COST & WILL COST = $1,053,260,000
Documented as of: October 31, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/costsofc-68-10-31-2002.htm
VIOLENT CRIMES INVOLVING FIREARMS = 1.4%
Documented as of: September 7, 2000
Updated: June 3, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/violentcrimesfirearms.htm
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/CPA01.htm
PERCENTAGE OF ROBBERIES COMMITTED WITH LONG GUNS = 1%
Documented as of: February 1, 2001
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/RobberybyTypeofWeapon2000.pdf
% OF ROBBERIES WHERE VICTIMS ARE INJURED WITH LONG GUNS = 0%
Documented as of: February 8, 2001
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/robberies.pdf
NUMBER OF HOMICIDES INVOLVING FIREARMS IN 2001 = 171
Documented as of: September 25, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/breitkreuzgpress/GunControl71.htm
HOMICIDES INVOLVING FIREARMS, 1974-2001
Documented as of: September 25, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/HomicidesInvolvingFirearms1974-2001.pdf
FIREARMS USED FOR SELF-DEFENCE = 60,000 80,000 TIMES/YEAR
Documented as of: 1996
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http://www.sfu.ca/~mauser/papers/selfdefense/CSD-JCJ-JFP-8-3-99.pdf
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WORKING IN THE GUN REGISTRY = 1,800
Documented as of April 12, 2001 and February 21, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/EmployeesGunRegistry.pdf
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/RCMPPersonnel2002-02-21.pdf
PROVINCES/TERRITORIES OPTED OUT OF THE GUN REGISTRY = 8
Documented as of: August 29, 2001
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/optoutproterr.htm
STRONG PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE GUN REGISTRY 32%
Documented as of: January 1995
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/ottcitdec10.htm
http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/Buckner/GUNCOVER.htm
# OF CRIMES SOLVED WITH 67-YEAR-OLD HANDGUN REGISTRY UNKNOWN
Documented as of: May 8, 1996
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/handgunregistry.htm
NUMBER OF GUNS IN CANADA = 16.5 Million
Documented as of: December 13, 2001
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/breitkreuzgpress/GunControl50.htm
NUMBER OF GUNS REGISTERED = 4,648,473
Documented as of: October 17, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/numberofgunsregisteredasofoct172002.htm
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/rcmp_response_ati.htm
NUMBER OF GUNS REGISTRATIONS WITHOUT THE OWNERS NAME = 4,648,473
Documented as of: April 20, 2002 and May 27, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/questions/may-27-2002.htm
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/questions/apr-23-2002.htm
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/SolderingGunRegistrationCertificate1.pdf
# OF REGISTRATIONS WITH BLANK AND UNKNOWN ENTRIES 3,235,647
Documented as of: August 29, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/BlankandUnknownEntries-Aug292002.pdf
NUMBER OF GUN REGISTRATIONS IN BACKLOG 134,434
Documented as of: November 6, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/backlog.htm
NUMBER OF UNCLAIMED GUNS IN OLD HANDGUN REGISTRY = 300,000
Documented as of: January 9, 2001
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/UnclaimedFirearms-2001-01-09.pdf
NUMBER OF FOREIGN FIREARMS GOVT HAS LOST TRACK OF = 89,820
Documented as of: December 6, 2001
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/breitkreuzgpress/GunControl51.htm
# OF REGISTERED GUNS WITH SAME MAKE & SERIAL NUMBER = 222,911
Documented as of: March 23, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/FirearmsSameMakeandSerialNumber-April102002.pdf
NUMBER OF GUNS REGISTERED WITHOUT SERIAL NUMBERS = 728,046
Documents Updated: August 29, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/BlankandUnknownEntries-Aug292002.pdf
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/serialnumbers.htm
# OF DUPLICATE FIREARMS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES ISSUED = 26,800
Documented as of: July 11, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/moremistakes.htm
NUMBER OF GUN OWNERS IN CANADA = 3.3 Million
Documented as of: May 19,1998
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/breitkreuzgpress/GunControl50.htm
NUMBER OF VALID FIREARMS LICENCES ISSUED = 1,885,430
Documented as of: October 19, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/firearmslicencesbyprovinceoct192002.htm
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/validlicencesgender.htm
# OF OWNERS OF REGISTERED HANDGUNS WITHOUT A LICENCE= 304,375
Documented as of: May 27, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/ohwhatamess.htm
NUMBER OF LICENCE HOLDERS GOVT HAS LOST TRACK OF = 38,629
Documented as of: February 27, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/registrationmailings.htm
NUMBER OF REGISTERED HANDGUN OWNERS RCMP LOST TRACK OF = 11,801
Documented as of: November 18, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/lostowners.htm
RATE OF FIREARMS LICENCE REFUSALS = 0.38%
Documented as of: June 23, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/licenserefusal.htm
NUMBER OF DUPLICATE FIREARMS LICENCES ISSUED = 832
Documented as of: January 24, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/DuplicateLicencesRegistrations.pdf
NUMBER OF FIREARMS LICENCES ISSUED WITH WRONG PHOTO = 259
Documented as of: March 18, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/LicencesWrongPhoto-2002-03-181.pdf
ERROR RATE IN FIREARMS LICENCES = 71%
Documented as of: April 28, 2000
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/ErrorRatesLicencingRegistration.pdf
NUMBER OF LICENCES ISSUED BY ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION = 35,142
Documented as of: November 18, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/alternatecert.htm
ERROR RATE IN FIREARMS REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS = 90% + 42%
Documented as of: July 18, 2001
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/breitkreuzgpress/GunControl62.htm
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/ErrorRatesLicencingRegistration.pdf
LICENCES ISSUED WITHOUT A FIREARMS SAFETY COURSE = 15,381
Documented as of: July 11, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/moremistakes.htm
INDIVIDUALS IN FIREARMS INTEREST POLICE DATA BASE = 3,731,716
Documented as of: November 3, 2001
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/FIPDatabase20011103.pdf
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/breitkreuzgpress/Guncontrol31.htm
NUMBER OF LICENCE HOLDERS THAT HAVE REGISTERED GUNS = 1,125,144
Documented as of: October 17, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/numberofgunsregisteredasofoct172002.htm
NUMBER OF FIREARM TRANSFERS SINCE DEC 98 = 490,617
Documented as of: April 28, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/questions/june-3-2002response.htm
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/firearmstransfers.htm
NUMBER OF GUNS SURRENDERED TO RCMP SINCE JAN 95 = 58,742
Documented as of: December 18, 2001
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/firearmssurrendered.htm
NUMBER OF GUNS TURNED-IN TO MUNICIPAL POLICE FORCES = 7,776
Documented as of: July 13, 2001
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/Turn-InSurveyJuly-13-2001.pdf
NUMBER OF GUNS TURNED-IN TO FEDERAL CFOs = 1,337
Documented as of: February 12, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/firearmsturnedCFO.htm
NUMBER OF AIR GUN MODELS IDENTIFIED AS FIREARMS = 286
Documented as of: August 23, 2001
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/breitkreuzgpress/GunControl59.htm
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/statusfirearmstab.htm
NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER FIREARM VERIFIERS = 3,807
Documented as of: August 11, 2000
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/verifiersnetwork.htm
NUMBER OF FIREARMS BUSINESS PERMITS ISSUED ANNUALLY = 4,820
Documented as of: March 2000
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/FirearmsBusinessPermitsMarch2000.pdf
NUMBER OF PERSONS PROHIBITED FROM OWNING FIREARMS = 130,972
Documented as of: June 29, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/policepriorities.htm
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/questions/june-3-2002response.htm
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/FirearmsProhibitions.pdf
NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS OF FIREARMS PROHIBITION ORDERS = UNKNOWN
Documented as of: February 6, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/breitkreuzgpress/GunControl58.htm
NUMBER OF GUNS CONFISCATED FROM REVOKED LICENCES = UNKNOWN
Documented as of: January 29, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/FirearmsConfiscatedRevokedLicences.pdf
NUMBER OF REGISTERED FIREARMS PROHIBITED BY BILL C-68 = 568,460
Documented as of: November 30, 1994
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/FirearmsProhibitedinBillC-68.pdf
NUMBER OF KNOWN BREACHES OF POLICE INFORMATION SYSTEM - 221
Documented as of: March 01, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/CPICBreaches-2002-04-19.pdf
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/LettertoPrivacyComm01.pdf
NUMBER OF BREACHES OF RCMP COMPUTERS - UNKNOWN
Documented as of: July 10, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/CPIChacked.htm
$ SPENT ON PRIVATIZATION OF GUN REGISTRY (SO FAR) = $53,365,133
Documented as of: July 18, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/privatizationcosts.htm
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/breitkreuzgpress/GunControl66.htm
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/Article15.htm
# OF RCMP SECURITY REVIEWS OF PRIVATE PROCESSING SITE = ZERO
Documented as of: June 6, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/securityreview.htm
NUMBER OF NON-RESIDENTS ARRIVING WITH FIREARMS IN 2001 = 65,328
Documented as of: December 6, 2001
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/breitkreuzgpress/GunControl51.htm
REGULATORY COST OF PURCHASING A HUNTING RIFLE = $279.00
Documented as of: April 28, 2000
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/RegulatoryCostHuntingRifle.pdf
COST OF DRIVING HUNTERS OUT OF THEIR SPORT = HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
Documented as of: July 25, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/redtapetaxes.htm
NUMBER OF MIGRATORY GAME BIRD PERMITS SOLD ANNUALLY = 191,444
Documented as of: December 2001
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/MigratoryGameBirdPermitsDec2001.pdf
# OF HUNTING LICENCES SOLD BY THE PROVINCES 2001-02 = 1,672,392
Documented as of: August 21, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/provincialhuntinglicencesales.htm
OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANTS UNDER THE CRIMINAL CODE = 197,282
Documented as of: June 29, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/policepriorities.htm
NUMBER OF ACTIVE RESTRAINING ORDERS = 36,474
Documented as of: June 29, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/policepriorities.htm
NUMBER OF PAROLEES WHO FAIL TO REPORT ON ANY GIVEN DAY = 850
Documented as of: November 8, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/realpoliceprorities.htm
NUMBER OF CRIMINALS AND SUSPECTS ALLOWED INTO CANADA = 3,679
Documented as of: November 8, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/realpoliceprorities.htm
CRIMINAL CODE INCIDENTS PER POLICE OFFICER HAS DOUBLED SINCE 1962
Documented as of: February 12, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/PolicePersonnel20020212.pdf
NUMBER OF MRIs FOR A BILLION DOLLARS = 238
Documented as of: November 1, 2002
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http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/mri.htm
DOLLARS SPENT ON ADVERTISING BILL C-68 = $29,301,386
Documented as of: August 30, 2002
For links to more information, go to the source link or to the National Firearms Association site
The above statistics do not disclose the number of Canadians who have succeeded in registering their soldering guns, hot glue guns and staple guns. (C'est vrais, people have actually done so)
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That gun registration law was never intended to be anything more than a $1 billion make-work project. For the most part Canada is a very sparsely populated country, and just the thought of the RCMP going out and knocking on doors in the @ss end of nowhere in search of firearms is laughable.
Just keep telling yourself that.
Here they come!
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