tracked vehicle question?

[Gord Falk]

On Jan. 1, 2012 Manitoba passed the The Body Armour and Fortified Vehicle Control Act. Under the act a fortified vehicle is specified as:

"fortified vehicle" means a vehicle that has one or more of the following fortifications:
(a) material that has been designed to be resistant to explosives, bullets or other projectiles on a door or window, or anywhere else on the interior or exterior of the vehicle;
(b) subject to the regulations, protective material such as metal, ballistic nylon or reinforced fibreglass that has been added to the interior or exterior of the vehicle after it was manufactured;
(c) holes or slots that allow a firearm to be discharged from the vehicle without exposing the shooter;
(d) any other prescribed fortification.

Prior to the Act becoming law, I wrote a letter to my local Member of Legislature Assembly regarding my hobby and the impact the act would have. The MLA forwarded my letter to the Minister of Justice. To shorten the story a senior advisor met with me in my shop looked at the vehicles and agreed that we should be exempt and under the regulations military vehicles are exempt. If the change was not made, I would have had to sell my Ferret.

Gord Falk
Steinbach, MB

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I have said it before Gord, and I'll say it again Gord....good work. Note that the exemption for possession of the armored vehicle only applies to the owner under this "feel good" law. It does not apply to the loan of the vehicle. In that case, the possessor would have to obtain the required permit. Cost is $100 and it's good for 5 years.

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Originally Posted by Gord Falk

On Jan. 1, 2012 Manitoba passed the The Body Armour and Fortified Vehicle Control Act. Under the act a fortified vehicle is specified as:

"fortified vehicle" means a vehicle that has one or more of the following fortifications: ....

This law was passed in reaction to gangsters and criminals armouring the insides of their daily driver vehicles to the point that they were unsafe to steer and brake. The crooks weren't afraid of the cops, only getting attacked and robbed by other gangs. Some provinces have drug gang problems of this magnitude; Manitoba was trying to get ahead of the issue. The same mentality that prevents individuals from owning certain types of body armour.