Canada Gun Violence
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Police chiefs urge Ottawa not to rely on forces to oversee gun buyback programTwo years ago, the government announced a ban on over 1,500 models and variants of what it considers assault-style firearms, such as the AR-15.CanadaOct 27, 2022
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Ottawa stops short of national crime gun tracing, citing provincial controlOttawa earmarked $15 million over five years, beginning in 2021-22, and $3.3 million ongoing, to increase the RCMP's ability to trace firearms and identify movement patterns.CanadaSep 23, 2022
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Federal gun control action in wake of N.S. shooting ‘beneficial’: Polytechnique survivorA survivor from the Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique shooting in1989 said the response to mass shootings should be "political and immediate."CanadaJun 29, 2022
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Handguns present in most firearm-related violent crimes in Canada: reportThe first year of the pandemic saw 8,344 victims of crimes involving guns, which was unchanged compared to 2019, the Statistics Canada report said.CanadaMay 29, 2022
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How more gun tracing can help Canada clamp down on cross-border traffickingNeeds to drastically increase the number of firearms traced to help stop guns at the border.CrimeMay 20, 2022
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One illegal U.S. handgun, two Ontario teens killed: Tracing the path of a Taurus PT-740Authorities say the Taurus PT-740 Slim was smuggled across the Windsor border and used in the killings of two Ontario teens in the summer of 2015.CrimeMay 18, 2022
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Montreal could adopt a motion to pressure Ottawa to ban assault weapons and handgunsAlex Norris, chair of Montreal's public security commission, is expected to table a motion requesting Ottawa strengthen its gun control bill, C-71.CanadaAug 15, 2018
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Ottawa police seek to add 10 new officers to address increasing gun violence"Hiring these 10 officers will reinforce our efforts to deal with the increase in shootings and gun violence we are seeing," said Mayor Watson.CrimeJun 12, 2018
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