1 May 2020 Canadian firearms legislation changes

[maple_leaf_eh]

The letter of the regulations is about a certain number of joules of muzzle energy. To that end, the list of really really bad pieces now specifies a number of mortars, towed anti-tank pieces, crew served and shoulder controlled recoilless rifles, and (with God as my witness) Surface to Air Missiles. If you have one of these on your property or museum, you need to weigh getting the next level of paperwork and storage to keep Prohibited Firearms just like live machine guns, or consider having them deactivated.

This is a piece of regulation that seems to have been ginned up based on a few rather specious arguments without consulting the museum community. Now is the time to get your Member of Parliament's attention, and as many of the local historical community associations as you can.

To give an example, Gunner Mike and his truly merry mob of blackpowder sniffers run a Canada Day convoy around his local area. We nearby HMV owners join his parade for the occasion, for the generous lunch at the local Legion and for the chance to meet and visit. (I do it so I can tell the Shriners and the nice horsey people where to fall in, but that's just me.) Mike's part of the show is to fire 6-Pounder salutes at noon. His 6-Pounder is technically now as horrible a danger to society as an AR15 or a box of live M72 Light Anti-tank Rockets. Yup.

[Robert Bergeron]

British Mortar ML-3 Inch , British Mortar ML-4.2 Inch , Rocket Launcher Panzerfaust 3 and all similar WW2 relics , US Mortar M1 & Mk2 , US Recoilless M20 of Korean war vintage , Boys Mark 1*, Boys Mk 1 , All the German and Russian Anti Tank rifles from WW1 to WW2 , TNW Browning M2 to name just a few . Yes , the empty fiberglass M72 is on the list right beside the TOW, Javelin, Stinger , Milan , Dragon and Fagot !

[Petr Brezina]

Its still, still, still the same story. EU, NZ, Canada, all the same. They will never stop.
Unite and be insistent.

[Paul Singleton]

I saw this online today,

https://firearmrights.ca/en/ccfr-cal...lairs-removal/

[Perry Kitson]

The Firearms Act clearly states "All applicants are screened to ensure that there are no reasons why, in the interest of public safety, they should not possess a firearm".
The military hating prime minister has abolished these types on looks alone. It was former prime minister Chretien who said " there is no reason anyone, other than the military and police, should possess firearms". Looks like JT is a chip off the old block.
As far as "fair market value" is concerned if it comes to a buy back program, they will have effectively destroyed any value the firearms have, and will probably only offer a fraction of what people paid for them.
Giving provinces and municipalities the power to ban handguns, property that was legally purchased and then criminalized, perhaps the provinces and municipalities would pay for relocation costs to those who don't want to give up their property.
Hold on to your hats folks, if this guy stays in power, we are in for a rough ride, as JT (and his NDP, Bloc and Green minions) transforms our country into his Utopia.