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Ottawa Accused of Mixed Signals on Illegal Gun Trade at UN Conference

26 June 2006

Toronto Star (Ontario)

In Afghanistan, Canadian soldiers are under daily attack from illegally traded weapons. In Ontario, two suspects in an alleged terror plot are also convicted gun smugglers. In Toronto, more than 50 people were killed in shootings last year and gun battles have raged in the heart of the city. As a United Nations forum on halting the illicit global arms trade gets underway today, no country is unaffected by gun violence, which kills 1,000 people a day worldwide and... (GunPolicy.org)

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