FIREARMS
FACTS - UPDATE
DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE ADMITS TO
DEPT. OF JUSTICE RESPONSE TO
BREITKREUZ’S
FILE:
A-2002-0070 – July 11, 2002
15,381 LICENCES ISSUED TO PERSONS WITHOUT
FIREARMS SAFETY COURSE
“Automated
searches have identified 1,831,896 valid Licensees for which there were 259
issued with the wrong photograph; 62 licences had no address and 15,381 had no
indication of having satisfactorily passed the safety training course or
equivalent.”
26,800 DUPLICATE FIREARMS REGISTRATION
CERTIFICATES ISSUED
“Automated
searches have identified 3,791,146 uniquely registered firearms for which there
are 26,800 instances of duplicate registration certificates having been issued.
There were also 3,475 firearms registered under the wrong class and
subsequently corrected.”