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April's gun amnesty haul brings in prohibited, restricted weapons

During the month of April, the OPP and municipal forces accepted illegally-owned weapons and accessories, offering amnesty except to any that were used for crime.

OPP initiative accepted voluntarily surrendered, illegally-owned guns, weapons, accessories or ammunition

(Waterloo Regional Police Services)

During the month of April, the OPP and municipal forces acceptedvoluntarily surrendered, illegally-owned guns, weapons and accessories or ammunition.

Throughout the amnesty,police did not call for any weapons-related charges that would otherwise apply to people turning in the guns. But no amnesty wasoffered to those who hada gun used to commit a crime, and police would not acceptanonymous submissions.

Here's a look at what the program brought in:

Windsor

Windsor police had the following items surrendered to them:

  • 13 rifles
  • 8 shotguns
  • 4 air rifles
  • 4 air pistols
  • 7 handguns
  • 1 replica firearm
  • 1 flare gun
  • 383 rounds of ammunition

LaSalle

LaSalle police said they were called to deal with two guns.

Chatham-Kent

Police in Chatham-Kent received:

  • 40 long guns
  • 9handguns
  • 2 pellet pistols
  • 2 knives
  • 40 kg of ammunition

Sarnia

The Sarniapolice will destroy:

  • 17 shotguns
  • 15 rifles
  • 1 muzzle loader firearm
  • 12 handguns
  • 6 air rifles
  • 45 kg of ammunition

Police said32 of these weapons were non-restricted, 11 were prohibited, and one was restricted. The muzzle loader was considered an antique.

CBCNews is still waiting on information fromAmherstburgpolice services, as well as the OntarioProvincial Police.