For each of the last 10 years, how many Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)-owned service revolvers, pistols, rifles, shotguns and tactical weapons have been destroyed by the government, and why is the government planning to destroy approximately 178 rifles, 136 pistols and 22,000 revolvers in 1995-96, and ( a ) what is the fair market value for these firearms as collectors' items or as historical artifacts, and b ) why does the RCMP remove or obliterate the corporate markings, such as
RCMP'' orMP'', which reduces the market value and historical significance of these firearms, and ( c ) why are these firearms not traded-in for newer weapons or offered for sale to individual firearm owners who are authorized by the RCMP to own these types of firearms?
In the House of Commons on September 16th, 1996. See this statement in context.