Assault rifles and SMGs?
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stormbringer
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Just semi auto ones.........
Mind you we can have 7 inch ARs with out a problem.
The whole system is F'd up.
Mind you we can have 7 inch ARs with out a problem.
The whole system is F'd up.
Well we do not have any Full Auto SMGs or Assult rifles. And the biggest mag cap for a center fire cartridge is 10 rounds. All AR-15's are also the "restricted" class.
I'm just having a little fun with you guys.. In lots of circles in the US, 'assault rifle' is a dirty word. Mainly because of its misuse by the media and because of the ban on 'military-style semiautomatic assault weapons' of 1994-04. I subscribe to what could be called the 'purist' school of thought, that to be an 'assault rifle' it must be select-fire.
Most US shooters would also never dare refer to someting semiauto as a machine gun, for fear of inflaming some misguided do-gooder. [Or, just because it seems like an inaccurate way to describe a semiauto.]
But thank you for giving me the short course on the Canadian gun regs. It's part of the reason why I came to these forums.
Most US shooters would also never dare refer to someting semiauto as a machine gun, for fear of inflaming some misguided do-gooder. [Or, just because it seems like an inaccurate way to describe a semiauto.]
But thank you for giving me the short course on the Canadian gun regs. It's part of the reason why I came to these forums.
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Actually there are thousands of registered full auto guns in Canada. They just cannot be taken to the range, as no SAP are being issued.
I hear some people in the US are now calling them "Homeland Defence Rifles." I really like how that sounds
F22_RaptoR
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I think thats like NFA stuff. Like suppressors and registered "machine guns" (either by registered recievers, or registered auto sears) require government registration and LEO sign off or trust/corporation to be made in order to own them, and only if its legal in that state.
The funny thing is that getting class 3 status in America is easier than getting your PAL here in canada.
All you do is consent to a background check and pay a one time $200 tax on every class 3 product you purchase, theres no bull#### like saftey courses, permits to convey, and charachter references.
Its pretty easy to find peace officer or dephuty to sign you off, espeacially if you live in a county with an elected sherriff.
And if they refuse you can appeal in local court, the whole procsess is much more streamlined than our current system.
It is easier to own a machine gun there than a .22 here.
Laredo, you seem quite well versed in US NFA laws, but I think I've got to disagree with you. In some states you are able own class three items, but getting a sheriff to sign off can be quite dificult if that's not his perogative. And taking him to court would be costly and time-consuming. The whole NFA process is costly and time consuming, and the ATF works very slowly at times.
I really can't imagine it being that hard to get a .22 in your country.
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I have a lot of family down south and I do visit them from time to time.
Two of them collect class 3 weapons, the whole process of buying say a transferrable MAC or M 16 is much easier than someone who wants to get a PAL here in Canada to buy a .22.
Two of them collect class 3 weapons, the whole process of buying say a transferrable MAC or M 16 is much easier than someone who wants to get a PAL here in Canada to buy a .22.
F22_RaptoR
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- Edmonton, Alberta
The PAL test was LITERALLY the easiest test i've taken in my life. You really have to be hurtin for IQ if you fail the PAL test.
One month for the liscence to get back to you, and then buy away.
One month for the liscence to get back to you, and then buy away.
I see laredo is now banned, so this post won't do him any good, but for others reading, I recall talking to 2 Portland OR cops when I attended a full auto shoot in Albany Or a few years ago.
They told me that their own police chief, their boss, did not like FA, and would not sign off his own cops for personal FA guns.
Another cop in the same situation had to take the police chief to court.
Not so easy as it looks from the outside.
BTW, as nobody looks in Events, I'll crosslink to my Albany OR full auto post.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=224222
