Canada: Police chiefs vote to endorse national firearms strategy

Ben Gelinas

The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police voted unanimously on Monday to endorse a new national firearms policing strategy.

In doing so, the association committed to publicly pushing the need for the National Firearms Registry — the long-gun portion of which the Harper government has vowed to abolish.

Not a single hand was raised in opposition to the strategy when Toronto police chief and CACP president Bill Blair called it to a vote at the organization’s annual conference in Edmonton, Chief Blair said.

Source: Global News

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