Order In Council Firearms problem / solution

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Ed Landstrom

Collectors are still speculating (and the feds haven't chosen to issue any clarification) whether the ban includes flare guns, antiques, muzzle loading match-fired cannons, line-throwers, industrial devices such as kiln guns, and other gun-like devices that have been traditionally exempt.

What you say is correct. Regarding the flare guns and industrial devices I recall some early soothing words that they would be exempt. However if it's not in writing and the definition includes them I wouldn't take my chances in court as they say.

How an unlicensed shooter with illegal smuggled guns somehow justifies a ban on WW1 relics and empty fiberglass M72 tubes is beyond me. That those items were already on the list well before the shooting tells me a great deal as well.

[Ed Storey]

It is bad enough that the Canadian Government and Press consistently paint legal firearms owners as a potential safety risk and that the government has done everything in its power to strip legal owners of their firearms; but now it appears the medical profession has jumped into the fray. I guess if you cannot legislate the legal confiscation of personal property then you can always try a new approach and go after those Canadians over 60 who own firearms by scaring unwitting relatives into believing that the older, firearms owning, members of their family are a potential risk to themselves or other people due to potential mental health issues.

https://ottawacitizen.com/health/men...ms-and-suicide