Sorry, but that's not correct. Criminals have no problem buying any of the thousands of guns smuggled into Canada every year. The majority of which come from the US. The Canadian National Firearms Tracing Centre traced 7,049 firearms in 2024 that entered the country. If you consider that the interdiction of illegal drugs entering is estimated at 10% approximately with similar numbers for guns that would mean around 70,000 last year alone . This has been going on for decades. Pretty easy to figure out how many illegal guns are out there .
Now if you didn't want to buy one of them you can simply 3D print all you want using a decent 3D printer and instructions and " blueprints " readily available online. Criminals don't tend to use legally registered weapons to commit crimes and taking guns from responsible gun owning citizens isn't going to change that one bit . As a matter of fact it could be argued that it could make things worse if criminals are the only ones left with guns . Far less fear for them of being met by someone with a 12 guage while trying to commit a home invasion for example.
And yes the bleeding hearts will say but what about someone, otherwise not a criminal, that uses a gun during a crime of passion for example? It's pretty easy to kill someone with a knife , crossbow, chainsaw, baseball bat, vehicle or any number of methods. A Bic pen can be a deadly weapon for that matter. Not to forget axes , sharp sticks, arson and fists .
