OTTAWA - The vast majority of crime guns traced by the RCMP to identifiable sources in 2023 and 2024 came from within Canada and were not smuggled from abroad, say internal reports prepared by the national police force.

The analyses found almost all of the long guns traced — and a substantial number of the handguns — were domestically sourced.

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