Toronto: Canada sees a big increase in 3D-printed guns, homemade firearms referred to as “ghost guns,” when more than 100 of these were seized by the Canada Police last year, media reports said.
For example, police in Calgary seized 17 3D-printed guns in 2022, compared to just one each in 2021 and 2020.
“I wasn’t a big proponent of putting a lot of resources into 3D-printed guns here in Calgary when we first started [the unit], because we just didn’t see them,” Ben Lawson, acting staff sergeant of the Calgary Police Service Firearms Investigative Unit reported saying.
“All of a sudden now, we’re seeing this uptick in 2022, so who knows what 2023 is going to bring.”
These guns do not have serial numbers, because the receiver is the printed part of the gun that is regulated in Canada. while the other parts of the gun can be procured at gun stores and online, without a firearms license.
These guns have been found across the country in cities such as Saskatoon and Winnipeg, Stratford, Ontario, and Vulcan, Alberta.
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