r/canadaguns • u/Trick-Goat-3643 • Jun 11 '26

News / Politics / Activism The misinformation campaign continues

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/most-crime-guns-traced-by-rcmp-came-from-within-canada-internal-reports-say/

"The RCMP centre defines crime guns as firearms that were used or suspected to have been used in criminal offences, guns whose serial numbers have been obliterated or altered, firearms that were found but not reported lost or stolen, and replicas, toys, 3D-printed guns, pellet or air guns that have been used in criminal offences"

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u/JurboVolvo Jun 11 '26

So when the police previously said 90+% of guns used in crime were smuggled that was a lie? Or is this the lie?

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u/Spare-Swim9458 Jun 11 '26

This is a lie. They’re saying firearms that can’t be traced, (serial number missing), are Canadian even without that firearm matching a description of a missing Canadian firearm. And also non firearms that are considered firearms when use for crime, (pellet, paintball, airsoft I assume), are also being claimed to be Canadian “firearms”.

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u/Trick-Goat-3643 Jun 11 '26

The pellet, paintball, airsoft guns dont even have to be used in a crime to be added to these statistics. If they are seized during an investigation from someone's home they count towards these numbers

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u/4r4nd0mninj4 Jun 11 '26

Yep. Cops get called to a domestic and a dozen paintball, airsoft, and a few cap and lazer tag guns get confiscated as "present" during the altercation and get labeled as domestically sourced guns.