Gun-crime reporting rules go into effect this fall
Last Updated: Thursday, July 24, 2008 | 10:53 AM ET
The Canadian Press
Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day has signed off on a long-delayed requirement for police forces to report all guns they seize in connection with crimes to the national firearms registry.
Sections of the Public Agents Firearms Regulations that had not been implemented will finally come into effect Oct. 31, 10 years after Parliament approved them as part of the 1998 Firearms Act.
The unused sections of the regulations give all law-enforcement agencies a year to report guns they currently hold and 30 days for any newly recovered firearms to the Canadian Firearms Centre, which also handles the federal gun registry.
A notice was sent out sometime in June by chief firearms registrar Jeffrey Brant, advising agencies that the regulations will take effect this fall.
The implementation date was put back several times over the last five years after bureaucrats made technical revisions.
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