Found this on another gun forum:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/ ... ce523.html

 

 

Toronto police seize 400 guns in safety push

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 | 5:48 PM ET

CBC News

 

Toronto police have seized almost 400 firearms from registered owners in a six-month push aimed at reducing the number of guns on the city's streets.

 

In March, officers began soliciting registered firearm owners across the city as part of what they call the Safe City Project. Many of those who had to surrender their firearms had either let their registrations lapse, or had stashed their guns improperly under beds or in closets.

 

The Canadian Firearms Registry stipulates guns must be stored in a secure place.

 

No charges were laid in the push, police said Tuesday.

 

Targeting people who had registered their guns is a preventative measure, said Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair.

 

"Legal handgun owners are not dangerous individuals," Blair told reporters at a Tuesday news conference. "But we know from experience that their firearms can become extremely dangerous when they get into the hands of criminals. And so we have undertaken a number of initiatives to reduce the availability of those handguns."

 

Police estimate there are still 4,000 guns in Ontario that are being improperly stored.

 

However, a critic says, the push to target registered gun owners is not getting at the root of the problem.

 

"The system doesn't work. It's broken. It doesn't target the right people," Greg Farrant, a spokesman for the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, told CBC News. People who are barred from owning weapons are the ones who should be registered and tracked, he said.

 

There are about 2.3 million registered guns in Ontario.

holy crap..that is not good. that is scary that they look you up as a registered owner and come in and take them..big luepold in the law their. their rights had to be broken on that raid they should all hire an attourney and fight that.

could happen in n.j. - think about all the so called assault rifles not registered in 1991 - i think that less than 1% were registered -

When you bought that handgun in NJ, you registered yourself as a gun owner. All that the NJ politicians need to do is pass a law saying all guns must be kept securely in your home. Then it wouldn't be too hard to obtain a search warrant, if need be in individual cases. Then it will just snowball from there. WE ARE ALL DOOMED.

not only pistol permits but firearms id cards also - do not even need to pass a law , could be done via executive order of goveror - under n.j. state regulation 2c:39-5 all firearms are prohibited by state - all n.j. firearms law state that the citizen is guilty until they prove themselves innocent - nothing in the current n.j. constitution provides for any firearms ownership - STRANGE BUT TRUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as with Stalin and Hitler. Take all firearms away from the population

(then they can't worry the government.

and we pay taxes for this bullshit. they must have read hitler and Stalin's approach to firearm ownership by the masses