Note: I do not oppose all gun laws or gun licensing. I am in favor of the basic licensing scheme (with some modifications). I am not in favor of banning handguns (which have grandfathered by bill c-21 and the previous freeze in 2022) nor am I in favor of banning any firearm by model or action. As they are doing.
Actually, the law was surprisingly effective
About 30% of crime handguns used to come from Canadian stores. Some citizens with a valid possession and acquisition licence used to buy guns and sell them illegally :
This article is flawed as fuck, but apparently handguns still make up 9+% of domestic crime handguns despite sales having been halted fully since November 2022. Before the most I could find was roughly 15%. Which was in the same ballpark it has been for decades. Straw purchases for Canadian handguns have been impossible for a long time and with people unable to buy new ones unless those straw purchases were the only ones buying your assumption is impossible.
And again, that specific article I mentioned is bullshit. It purposely excluded Ontario and Québec.
Actually, the law was surprisingly effective
About 30% of crime handguns used to come from Canadian stores. Some citizens with a valid possession and acquisition licence used to buy guns and sell them illegally :
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/man-facing-15-counts-of-firearms-trafficking-one-of-8-recently-charged-in-straw-buying-cases/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/guns-domestic-danforth-shooting-toronto-1.4759159
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alert-guns-investigations-weapons-drugs-straw-buyers-1.5145282
Now this source of handguns has practically disapeared.
They now exclusively come from the United States.
Also if you want quote those people here is another one like them from a few years ago.
https://crimecanada.ca/rcmp-report-most-crime-guns-domestically-sourced-in-canada/
This article is flawed as fuck, but apparently handguns still make up 9+% of domestic crime handguns despite sales having been halted fully since November 2022. Before the most I could find was roughly 15%. Which was in the same ballpark it has been for decades. Straw purchases for Canadian handguns have been impossible for a long time and with people unable to buy new ones unless those straw purchases were the only ones buying your assumption is impossible.
And again, that specific article I mentioned is bullshit. It purposely excluded Ontario and Québec.
None of those say anything about handguns and how many were handguns. Many rifles (arbitrarily) were restricted, too.
Edit: also police have their handguns lost or stolen a lot more often than you think.
Either way it does not justify this law.
Edit2: I looked for your claim that domestic sources disappeared and haven’t found anything supporting your claim.