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For nearly three years the Canadian government has not kept any data on how well \u2013 or even if \u2013 a crucial provision of gun control legislation is working.<\/p>\n

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Then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u00a0introduced\u00a0legislation known as C-21 to freeze handgun purchases, establish a \u201cbuy back\u201d of modern semi-automatic firearms and enact a \u201cred flag\u201d law to address domestic violence in May 2022, with the bill receiving\u00a0Royal Assent\u00a0in December 2023.\u00a0However, in March, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported that no data had been collected as to how many times the law had been used. (RELATED: 2 Democrat Senators Proposed Gun Law That Even Notoriously Liberal Court Rejected)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSince December 15, 2023, one \u2018red flag\u2019 order was reported to the Canadian Firearms Program and recorded in the Canadian Firearms Information System,\u201d the Royal Canadian Mounted Police told the CBC. The same figure was provided in an April 27 response to an inquiry from Conservative Member of Parliament Frank Caputo of British Columbia.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCourts, judges, and justices must inform the Chief Firearms Officer (CFO) of jurisdiction of any prohibition order that they make, vary, or revoke, including emergency prohibition orders ( \u2018red flag\u2019 laws). These court orders are held in the Canadian Firearms Information System (CFIS) and accessible to CFOs,\u201d the Canadian Ministry of
Public Safety told the DCNF. \u201cWe refer you to the Canadian Firearms Program of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Chief Firearms Officers of jursisdiction [sic] regarding the data you are looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canadian gun-rights groups criticized the legislation and lack of data when reached by the DCNF.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe real story here is the government isn\u2019t even trying to dispute the reality that their new regulation isn\u2019t working,\u201d Canadian Coalition for Firearms Rights Executive Director Rod Giltaca said. \u201cThey need only continue to gaslight our people and attack the reputations of those who disagree with them. Actual public safety continues to elude Canadians.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe position of Canada\u2019s National Firearms Association is that these laws have failed to have any effect on reducing violence and that they were imposed on dubious ideological grounds at the behest of the civil disarmament lobby,\u201d NFA Executive Vice President Blair Hagen told the DCNF.<\/p>\n

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\u201cRed flag\u201d laws are statutes that allow courts to temporarily remove firearms (and sometimes other weapons) from individuals who are deemed a credible threat to themselves or others, based on their recent behavior, statements, or circumstances. They are in force in 22 states and the District of Columbia, according to the United States Concealed Carry Association.<\/p>\n

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Pro-Second Amendment organizations have criticized the laws, citing failures to provide due process. Since the February 2018 shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, 17 states have enacted these laws, the USCCA reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem with laws that preemptively strip gun owners of their rights without appropriate due process is that they provide runaway government carte blanche to abuse people that have committed no crime,\u201d the Second Amendment Foundation told the DCNF. \u201cIt\u2019s all too common for politicians to happily spend taxpayer money on press tours announcing their most recently enacted infringement, but there\u2019s rarely the same investment in accountability for that new policy in action.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s entirely reasonable for Canadians to want to know exactly how many people have been disarmed as a result of this Red Flag Law, and a dismissive shrug from the government does not communicate its respect for the rights of the governed,\u201d the SAF continued.<\/p>\n

This article has been updated with comment from the Canadian Ministry of Public Safety.<\/em><\/p>\n

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