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Firearms supervisor John T. Millard checks tagged gun in a room containing about 1,500 weapons confiscated by Metro police. Some are being held as evi(...)
Firearms supervisor John T. Millard checks tagged gun in a room containing about 1,500 weapons confiscated by Metro police. Some are being held as evi(...)

Firearms supervisor John T. Millard checks tagged gun in a room containing about 1,500 weapons confiscated by Metro police. Some are being held as evi(...)

Date6/2/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Firearms supervisor John T. Millard checks tagged gun in a room containing about 1,500 weapons confiscated by Metro police. Some are being held as evidence in trials. Millard oversees licensing of the 80,000 registered handgun owners in Metro. He says people, not guns, kill but fewer people will kill if they don't have a gun handy.
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    Object NumberTSPA_0068396F
    Metro police firearms supervisor John Millard examines a confiscated gun, Writer Sidney Katz urges a ban on private gun ownership
    Metro police firearms supervisor John Millard examines a confiscated gun, Writer Sidney Katz urges a ban on private gun ownership
    Goode, Jeff
    1/30/1975
    Record firearm seizure. Detertive John Bassett gives 29 weapons seized last week by Metro police quick check. Firearms, taken in attempt to find gun t(...)
    Record firearm seizure. Detertive John Bassett gives 29 weapons seized last week by Metro police quick check. Firearms, taken in attempt to find gun t(...)
    Roworth, Eddy
    8/15/1961
    Metro Det. Sgt. Bob Montrose firearms confiscated from after-hours club, city of york
    Metro Det. Sgt. Bob Montrose firearms confiscated from after-hours club, city of york
    Stuparyk, Michael
    1/27/1995
    John Millard. License all firearms
    John Millard. License all firearms
    Lennon, Frank
    4/29/1974
    Police Arsenal: More than 225 firearms, from machine guns to antique handguns, seized from Niagara police are displayed at yesterday's provincial probe of the force
    Police Arsenal: More than 225 firearms, from machine guns to antique handguns, seized from Niagara police are displayed at yesterday's provincial probe of the force
    Dutton, Don
    1/9/1989
    Farewell to arms, constable Dan Martin hoped to get 1,500 firearms in the federal amnesty program
    Farewell to arms, constable Dan Martin hoped to get 1,500 firearms in the federal amnesty program
    Stawicki, Andrew
    1/11/1993
    Firearms registrar Metro police
    Firearms registrar Metro police
    Millard, John
    6/2/1972
    Sensible gun control would assure respect for firearms as well as their owners, claims Wm
    Sensible gun control would assure respect for firearms as well as their owners, claims Wm
    James, Norman
    8/4/1966
    Dramatic ammunition: Don McKellar says Augusta Company procured firearms for its new show to somehow try to convey the damage areal gun can de
    Dramatic ammunition: Don McKellar says Augusta Company procured firearms for its new show to somehow try to convey the damage areal gun can de
    Eglinton, Rick
    1/7/1991
    Gun owner Robert Watson defends the possession of firearms by target shooters and marksmen
    Gun owner Robert Watson defends the possession of firearms by target shooters and marksmen
    Beaty, Keith
    2/27/1975
    13 Machine-guns seized in raid, Acting on a anonymous tip, police raided a vacant midtown Toron house and seized 13 machine-guns today. The weapons, a(...)
    13 Machine-guns seized in raid, Acting on a anonymous tip, police raided a vacant midtown Toron house and seized 13 machine-guns today. The weapons, a(...)
    Ross, Fred
    11/12/1969
    The New York state troopers and national guardsmen involved in police assault on Attica state prison were trained in use of firearms. Yet nine of the (...)
    The New York state troopers and national guardsmen involved in police assault on Attica state prison were trained in use of firearms. Yet nine of the (...)
    Dutton, Don
    9/13/1971