According to “Guns, Gangs, and Violence,” a new police report by York Regional Police in Ontario, 100 percent of seized guns whose origin could be traced were found to be illegally smuggled into Canada from the United States.
In presenting the report to the York Regional Police Services Board on Nov. 7, Inspector Ahmad Salhia said that the Liberal government’s handgun freeze with Bill C-21 is not targeting the smuggling of illegal weapons into the country.
“The key here is newly acquired handguns, and not illicit handguns,” said Salhia. He said it was the position of York Police “that this bill will not disrupt the flow of illicit firearms entering Canada from the United States.”…