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/DFA_Wildcat Jun 11 '26

Both can be true. If 90% of crime guns came from the US they can be difficult or impossible to trace because they were never legally imported or registered here. 90% of the guns they can trace means those were most likely brought in by a Canadian dealer or registered to someone in Canada. The 90% they can trace is probably 10% of the firearms used in crimes.