Summary
"This report was the result of a partnership between five police services and the federal
Department of Justice Canada. The sites included the Thunder Bay Police and the Windsor
Police Service in Ontario, the Hull Police Service in Quebec, the Saint John Police Force in New
Brunswick, and the Regina Police Service in Saskatchewan. The site selection process involved
cities from Canada’s different regions which were not reviewed in previous site studies
examining recovered firearms. The report describes the number and types of firearms recovered
by the five police services during 1995 resulting from criminal and non-criminal incidents such
as robbery, suicide, and firearms turned in for destruction."--Page 1.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 1.1. Objectives -- 1.2. Outline of this report -- 2. Methodology -- 2.1. File review process -- 2.2. Registration status of registered firearms -- 2.3. Limitations -- 3. Findings -- 3.1. The direct involvement of firearms in incidents -- 3.2. Handguns -- 4. Summary -- Bibliography -- Appendix.