How will the new law help fight crime?
• Ensuring effective screening of applicants – The new law requires that all gun owners obtain licenses and be carefully screened. These licenses must be renewed every five years. Under the old system, 2/3 of firearm owners did not have valid FACs (Firearm Acquisition Certificate) because the old law only required an FAC to acquire a gun and not to possess one. • Enforcing prohibition orders – In Canada, there are 17, 500 prohibition orders issued in a typical year. Licensing and registration will provide the information needed to enforce them. • Taking preventative action – Public inquests have repeatedly recommended licensing and registration to help reduce the risk of dangerous people having access to guns (the inquests into: the suicide of Jonathan Yeo who killed Nina de Villiers and Karen Marquis, the murder of Brian Smith, the murder of the Kassonde children, the Vernon Massacre, the murder of Arlene May). Fully integrated databases and a central processing system will also provi
Ensuring effective screening of applicants – The new law requires that all gun owners obtain licenses and be carefully screened. These licenses must be renewed every five years. Under the old system, 2/3 of firearm owners did not have valid FACs (Firearm Acquisition Certificate) because the old law only required an FAC to acquire a gun and not to possess one. Enforcing prohibition orders – In Canada, there are 17, 500 prohibition orders issued in a typical year. Licensing and registration will provide the information needed to enforce them. Taking preventative action – Public inquests have repeatedly recommended licensing and registration to help reduce the risk of dangerous people having access to guns (the inquests into: the suicide of Jonathan Yeo who killed Nina de Villiers and Karen Marquis, the murder of Brian Smith, the murder of the Kassonde children, the Vernon Massacre, the murder of Arlene May). Fully integrated databases and a central processing system will also provide acc
