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10 February 2012

Winnipeg Free Press (Manitoba) / Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The black-market gun trade includes not just menacing gang members but the firearms enthusiast next door, says a federal study. The research report says "an important segment" of those who buy illicit firearms are so-called "law-abiding citizens" such as collectors. The study of the illicit gun trade, commissioned by the Public Safety Department, was completed in September 2010 but only recently released under the Access to Information Act. The researchers... (GunPolicy.org)

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