r/canadaguns • u/mischling2543 • Apr 07 '26

News / Politics / Activism AFSCP Participation per 1000 PAL Holders (map)

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Based on the data calculated in this comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/canadaguns/s/oZlTfOs8Aj

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u/bermpan Apr 07 '26

COME ON BC WHAT ARE WE DOING?

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u/ecclectic Apr 07 '26

Well, OP can't fucking do math for one thing.. We have 340000 PAL holders in BC, but they divided by the population of the province, not the number of PAL holders. which gives a smidge under 5% compliance.

But we all know that ain't the fucking case, and if you go by the rather short estimate of every PAL holder owning 2.5 guns, you get down to about 1.8%. Do the same math with Ontario (69000 PAL holders) and you come out at 1.6%

Alberta, understandably, had a much lower compliance rate, but they have close to the same number of PAL holders as BC, and marked 0.8% compliance.

Maybe we should stop aiming blindly around the room and actually start focusing on the problem at hand instead of blaming the guy next door?

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u/DoYouGetSarcasm Apr 07 '26

Math looks right to me. It's guns declared, divided by pal holders, times 1000. Example for BC. 366 827 pals (from table 1 of the first link here). 15 600 asfcp items (from second link below, comment) 15 600/366 827 *1000 = 42.5.

Comment all you like about whether this is a valuable metric, but the math is right.

https://rcmp.ca/en/corporate-information/publications-and-manuals/2024-commissioner-firearms-report#t1

https://www.reddit.com/r/canadaguns/comments/1se2tga/declared_asfcp_firearms_when_formatted_for_guns/