OTTAWA/TORONTO — A Texas man bought dozens of guns from licensed dealers in the state before illegally reselling at least 16, U.S. officials say.
Twelve were traced to crimes committed in America. The other four were traced to crimes in Canada.
Canada’s gun homicide rate in 2020 was an eighth of the rate in the United States, where rules on buying firearms are looser, but it’s higher than the rates of many other rich countries and has been rising, according to data from Statistics Canada. “I’m confident that we’ll be making steps in that direction,” said Bray, who co-chairs the association’s special committee on firearms.
The announcement came in the wake of mass shootings south of the border – in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York. The toll of gun violence was felt closer to home this week when an attacker shot four people in British Columbia, killing two. Ferguson’s team at FATE takes serial numbers and runs them through databases in Canada and, if nothing comes up, in the United States.
The agency opens about 120 investigations per year in the United States on the basis of guns traced from crimes in Canada, with more than 90% originating from Ontario, Taylor said. The number of cases is rising, with the ATF opening more than 180 probes since October thanks to Canadian tracing, he added.
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