Toronto Police Association Tells MPs Gun Buyback Won’t Bring Down Crime

Toronto Police Association Tells MPs Gun Buyback Won’t Bring Down Crime
Police attend the scene of a shooting in Toronto on March 8, 2025. Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP
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Toronto Police Association President Clayton Campbell says the federal gun buyback program won’t bring down crime in Toronto since most firearm offences involve illegal firearms.

“The gun buyback program is going to have zero impact on the crime we’re seeing in the city of Toronto,” Campbell told MPs at a Sept. 25 House of Commons justice committee meeting on the bail system, sentencing, and the handling of repeat violent offenders in Canada.