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

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.