The federal government has quietly destroyed the data from its doomed long-gun registry, expect for the data in Quebec.

The province's information is protected following a decision by Superior Court, but millions of records are gone.

Quebec has waged a legal battle to keep its data because it wants to set up its own registry.

Ottawa didn't issue a formal statement announcing the move.

The Conservative government had promised to repeal and destroy the long-gun registry.

There were nearly 8-million firearms registered in 2011, that includes more than seven million so-called non-restricted weapons.

The government hasn't said how much money will be saved by the move.

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