April's gun amnesty haul brings in prohibited, restricted weapons
OPP initiative accepted voluntarily surrendered, illegally-owned guns, weapons, accessories or ammunition
During the month of April, the OPP and municipal forces accepted voluntarily surrendered, illegally-owned guns, weapons and accessories or ammunition.
Throughout the amnesty, police did not call for any weapons-related charges that would otherwise apply to people turning in the guns. But no amnesty was offered to those who had a gun used to commit a crime, and police would not accept anonymous submissions.
Here's a look at what the program brought in:
Windsor
Windsor police had the following items surrendered to them:
- 13 rifles
- 8 shotguns
- 4 air rifles
- 4 air pistols
- 7 handguns
- 1 replica firearm
- 1 flare gun
- 383 rounds of ammunition
LaSalle
LaSalle police said they were called to deal with two guns.
Chatham-Kent
Police in Chatham-Kent received:
- 40 long guns
- 9 handguns
- 2 pellet pistols
- 2 knives
- 40 kg of ammunition
Sarnia
The Sarnia police will destroy:
- 17 shotguns
- 15 rifles
- 1 muzzle loader firearm
- 12 handguns
- 6 air rifles
- 45 kg of ammunition
Police said 32 of these weapons were non-restricted, 11 were prohibited, and one was restricted. The muzzle loader was considered an antique.
CBC News is still waiting on information from Amherstburg police services, as well as the Ontario Provincial Police.