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The Trudeau government might be promising to crack down on civilian guns owners with increased paperwork and tougher storage laws, but it turns out the feds can’t even keep track of their own guns.

An audit of firearms under the control of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, which includes the Coast Guard, found record keeping and safe storage were lax at times.

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The audit found that some firearms were missing trigger locks while others were not secured properly to allow tracking of who was accessing and using them.

It’s all pretty rich when you consider that the Trudeau government’s answer to gang gun violence is to demand licenced gun owners follow even more rules.

“Firearms inventory information is not always accurate and complete,” reads the audit released last December.

If that were a civilian gun owner, or a gun store, there would be the real possibility of jail time.

“The audit found that 410 out of 1,908 active firearms (21%) were not recorded as required by Departmental policy,” the audit states.