r/canadaguns • u/JETRUG • May 15 '26

News / Politics / Activism Where Are Canada's Undeclared Firearms? | The Rundown (YouTube - TVO Today)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNVpEFqTyjg
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u/JETRUG May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Some fun facts from the video:

  • These guns are not suitable for hunting

  • Grandfathered AKs are floating around

  • A massive gang shootout happens in Toronto involving unlicensed criminals using smuggled US firearms...so the obvious solution is to confiscate property from vetted, law-abiding PAL holders.

  • These guns are used in school shootings, banning them will prevent them from being used in school shootings because we say so

  • Legally owned handguns are "frequently diverted to illegal markets" despite police forces openly admitting that the vast majority of crime guns are black market imports smuggled across the border.

Seems like the goal is to frame highly regulated, background checked (daily) citizens as the main threat to public safety. Good on the host for asking questions and pushing the failure angle but too bad he wasn't ready with actual statistics and facts to call out the obvious BS.

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u/sl33plessnites May 15 '26

Yeah that part about the handguns.. like I'm sure people are diverting handguns registered to them and their name to criminals.. what a bunch of bullshit.

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u/julienjj May 16 '26

Yup. Failling to report the restricted theft is a pretty solid offense on it's own.

Pretty sure if you get a few stollen quickly they're almost guarantee to hit you with improper storage infractions... then bye bye rpal.

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u/sl33plessnites May 16 '26

Right ? I suspect this is virtual zero or extremely rare. The only circumstance I could see is theft of firearms where a legal handgun ends up on the streets.