Ak-47

Time for me to be a pedant.

The AK is technically legal in Canada. You need the proper license to own one, but provided you have those licenses, you can own one with no problems. You can't really shoot it, however. Those licenses would be a 12.2 license for a full automatic AK, a 12.3 license for a converted automatic and a 12.5 license for a semi-auto clone that is not one of the Valmets that are specifically exempted from the prohibition. The issue being, unless you owned one of those AK's and complied with the government's fascist registration scheme back in the 1990's, you'll never own one. The amount of people who can have those licenses can only go down as they die or forget to re-new, etc. There are actually very few firearms that are strictly 'illegal' in Canada. What the Progressive CONservatives and Lieberals of the 1990's did was classify a whole bunch of them differently, and then lock out new people from getting those licenses. So, while a Chinese Type 56 isn't technically illegal if it's registered and in the possession of somebody with the proper license, you can't get the proper license. It's a very clever way of banning guns without actually 'banning' them or confiscating them outright. Wait for the owners to die, then confiscate them. It's delayed confiscation.

The Valmets that are legal are expensive, but they are very much AK's. If you're willing to spend the money, you can have a non-restricted AK in a Valmet.

To answer your question, which I believe was meant to be 'will the AK be de-regulated and brought back to a reasonable classification?'

Probably not. Government likes taking freedom, but it very much despises giving a whole lot of it back. Join the NFA, write your MP's and vote with your wallet. Don't support a politician that supports anything less than a repeal of our draconian firearms act.
 
szeitounian said:
Guys,

Does anyone know if the AK will ever be legal in Canada?

Thanks!
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Might as well ask your Magic 8 Ball.

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Bahahaha, nope. Not ever, move to Merica and a state that allows them if you really want one. I shot a full auto AK in Vegas in 2010, it pretty much ruled. I'd buy one in a second if we cod own them.
 
ya ive seen them on google as well.
havent seen them in stores.

that lee enfield one is NICE lookin, but its a tad pricey, plus i dont want to buy co2
 
fenceline said:
I generally don't like buying airsoft guns.

I've made two exceptions though haha.
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i got my daughter one so she could train at "home" (her moms place).
we got tryin it out at my place... i was hopin her mom would say she wasnt allowed to have it at the apartment.
(her moms dad was shot to death, so her mom is kinda anti-gun. im still deciding how and when to explain to her that if her dad had of followed the #1 rule of gun fighting [have a gun], he would have stood a much better chance of winning)
 
Everyone, please, please, please mention the grandfathered 12(x) owners who've done nothing wrong but can't shoot their legally bought and paid for property when you talk/write to your MP's (while arguing for other Firearms Act reforms). These guys need to be able to use (and sell) their stuff to other gun owners if they want.
 
zupermann said:
Everyone, please, please, please mention the grandfathered 12(x) owners who've done nothing wrong but can't shoot their legally bought and paid for property when you talk/write to your MP's (while arguing for other Firearms Act reforms). These guys need to be able to use (and sell) their stuff to other gun owners if they want.
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100%!!!
 
Andurp said:
Time for me to be a pedant.

The AK is technically legal in Canada. You need the proper license to own one, but provided you have those licenses, you can own one with no problems. You can't really shoot it, however. Those licenses would be a 12.2 license for a full automatic AK, a 12.3 license for a converted automatic and a 12.5 license for a semi-auto clone that is not one of the Valmets that are specifically exempted from the prohibition. The issue being, unless you owned one of those AK's and complied with the government's fascist registration scheme back in the 1990's, you'll never own one. The amount of people who can have those licenses can only go down as they die or forget to re-new, etc. There are actually very few firearms that are strictly 'illegal' in Canada. What the Progressive CONservatives and Lieberals of the 1990's did was classify a whole bunch of them differently, and then lock out new people from getting those licenses. So, while a Chinese Type 56 isn't technically illegal if it's registered and in the possession of somebody with the proper license, you can't get the proper license. It's a very clever way of banning guns without actually 'banning' them or confiscating them outright. Wait for the owners to die, then confiscate them. It's delayed confiscation.

The Valmets that are legal are expensive, but they are very much AK's. If you're willing to spend the money, you can have a non-restricted AK in a Valmet.

To answer your question, which I believe was meant to be 'will the AK be de-regulated and brought back to a reasonable classification?'

Probably not. Government likes taking freedom, but it very much despises giving a whole lot of it back. Join the NFA, write your MP's and vote with your wallet. Don't support a politician that supports anything less than a repeal of our draconian firearms act.
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Seems all the legal "get around the law" toys are frightfully expensive. :)

Grizz
 
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