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Originally Posted by SebC
Did you read the article Nyah posted?
Canadians are buying guns legally, then re-selling them. Better tracking makes it harder for them to do that, and increases the risk to those who will ignore the rules.
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You know, I keep seeing the same talking point being brought up by various articles, but it was stated by Goodale, and when a FOIA request was sent in to see the proof these "statistics" that there is a sharp rise in legal firearms owners selling their guns to unlicensed people and gangs for a massive profit, they couldn't come up with the data.
Stats Can tracks every imaginable statistic on this, and there is no discernable stat to prove this claim, yet it's being bandied about as the gospel now since a government official stated it as "fact". What a sad state of affairs.