CSSA COMMENTARY: WHY DID TORONTO MAYOR JOHN TORY BACK OFF A CITY-WIDE HANDGUN BAN?

Mayor Tory also seems to be paying attention to the CSSA’s calls for government to track individuals with firearm prohibition orders registered against them. The 2018 Commissioner of Firearms Report says that, as of December 31, 2018, there are 459,538 individuals prohibited from possessing firearms.[ii] Through a series of Access to Information requests, firearm researcher Dennis Young discovered no agency at any level of government tracks these violence-prone individuals.[iii] In November 2019, a search of news reports revealed 41 people with firearm prohibition orders against them were re-arrested while illegally possessing firearms. In December 2019, a search of news reports revealed another 38 repeat offenders were arrested. There is also no plan for ensuring all guns are removed from the subjects of firearm prohibition orders. If Mayor Tory is finally seeing the light, we applaud him. We encourage him to urge the federal government to introduce legislation so those who have already proved they are a danger to society – those with firearm prohibition orders imposed by the courts – can be monitored and tracked with at least the same diligence as RCMP-vetted, federally-licensed gun owners.

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