RCMP labs make more cuts to firearms testing, impacting some criminal cases

The RCMP is further cutting the number of guns used in crimes that will be sent to national forensic labs for analysis, Postmedia has learned.
And that means that in some cases, criminals caught with illegal firearms may not face any charges related to the guns.
Postmedia revealed last week that the RCMP’s ability to test firearms had declined in recent years due to lab cuts, leading to long delays in investigations.
Retired RCMP Asst. Commissioner Wayne Rideout, who heads the B.C. governm