More than a million restricted, prohibited guns in Canada

[MikePal]

Some interesting numbers..

The number of restricted firearms in Canada rose 5.5 per cent last year, reaching its highest point in more than a decade, according to the annual report from the RCMP's commissioner of firearms. There are now 839,295 restricted firearms, many of them handguns.

The number of prohibited firearms in Canada, such as fully automatic guns, edged up 0.5 per cent to 183,333

According to the report, the biggest increases in the number of restricted guns occurred in Newfoundland and Labrador (10.4 per cent), the Northwest Territories (10.4 per cent), Saskatchewan (9.3 per cent), Yukon (8.9 per cent) and Nova Scotia (8.8 per cent).

The highest increases were in the Yukon where the number of prohibited firearms rose 6.5 per cent to 378, followed by British Columbia where they rose 4.9 per cent to 27,153. Saskatchewan was up 3.6 per cent to 7,969, while Alberta rose 3.2 per cent 25,261.

The only provinces where the number of prohibited guns dropped were Ontario and Quebec — the two provinces that had the highest numbers of prohibited firearms to start with. Ontario dropped two per cent to 75,342, while Quebec declined 0.5 per cent to 28,135.

The number of Canadians licensed to possess and acquire firearms rose in 2016, to 2.07 million from 2.02 million.

Read More: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/guns...nada-1.4129994

[bardern]

with the Snowflake rational it is a miracle we haven't exterminated ourselves with those amounts of firearms

[trimmer21]

Here's more drivel from the CBC. Sometimes,I wonder if the government doesn't ask them to run crap like this to gauge public opinion from the comments. The comments posted were quite encouraging,though. It seems more and more people aren't buying into the "chicken little" fear-mongering BS from Wendy Cukier et al and that's a very good thing. Liberal Party and Justin Trudeau have a serious credibility issue. Adding more gun control gasoline on the fire won't be a good thing for them and I think they're beginning to get the message.

[greatwhite]

What I can't figure out is how the number of Prohibs went up. Especially when you can only get a license by inheriting it.

[Woodsman]

What I can't figure out is how the number of Prohibs went up. Especially when you can only get a license by inheriting it.

Maybe by the RCMP reclassifying previously non restricted firearms as prohibited.

[Snowwalker]

What I can't figure out is how the number of Prohibs went up. Especially when you can only get a license by inheriting it.

Not to sound morbid, but the age of the people that are old enough to have had firearms that where classified as Prohibs under the FAC and then the PAL/RPAL system are now up there in years. There is going to be a lot more inheriting for awhile.

[MikePal]

Not to sound morbid, but the age of the people that are old enough to have had firearms that where classified as Prohibs under the FAC and then the PAL/RPAL system are now up there in years. There is going to be a lot more inheriting for awhile.

I had breakfast with a fella just the other day, he's 75 and was telling me about his latest purchase of a 9mm from B.C. and how smooth the whole transaction went. Then we had a heartfelt conversation about none of his boys having any interest in firearms or his collection. He's not sure what will happen to all his prohib/restricted guns as most of his fellow collectors have died or are in nursing homes.

[patvetzal]

I plan to leave at least one prohib to each of my children and grandchildren.....

[blasted_saber]

Its incredibly irritating that the CBC is making it seem like "tightening firearms laws" has anything to do with legally owned restricted/prohibited firearms.

Are they being intentionally misleading or is the author just plain stupid?

[blasted_saber]

What I can't figure out is how the number of Prohibs went up. Especially when you can only get a license by inheriting it.

Prohibs can still be registered. Some turn up now and again.