Can you disassemble pinned pistol magazines?

x0ra said:
So I go hunting with a Tavor/SU-16, drop a 5/30 pmag in the mud. If I strip it at home to clean it, I am committing an offence (possession of prohibited device) ?
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that is what I'm wondering..a mag body isn't capable of holding any rounds..
 
x0ra said:
So I go hunting with a Tavor/SU-16, drop a 5/30 pmag in the mud. If I strip it at home to clean it, I am committing an offence (possession of prohibited device) ?
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According to a case outlined in another thread here on CGN, that would appear to be what the powers that be are saying.
 
The powers that be that are being quoted is actually the BC court of appeals.

A licensed dealer imported a bunch of AR magazines, the guts shipped separately from the mag bodies. CBSA seized the shipment of mag bodies and charged the dealer with importing a prohibited device.

The dealer was found guilty. He appealed and he lost.

I don't know if this has gone on any further in the courts.

Do a search in the firearms/politics forum. Go back 3+years. It's in there.
 
notsorichguy said:
The powers that be that are being quoted is actually the BC court of appeals.

A licensed dealer imported a bunch of AR magazines, the guts shipped separately from the mag bodies. CBSA seized the shipment of mag bodies and charged the dealer with importing a prohibited device.

The dealer was found guilty. He appealed and he lost.

I don't know if this has gone on any further in the courts.

Do a search in the firearms/politics forum. Go back 3+years. It's in there.
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I did find this on another site via Google. Here is the link.

http:// canadianblackriflemag.wordpress.com/tag/magazine-body/

Perhaps someone can post the link for the equivalent thread on CGN along with an update on the court case being referenced?
 
a customs tribunal in bc has ruled that a high capacity magazine body is itself a prohibited device. this ruling now takes precedent over the criminal code definition of a “high capacity” magazine which defines a magazine as a receptacle that feeds cartridges into a firearm.
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huh?
 
Striker said:
This is all I can find regarding hi cap mags.
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-98-462/page-2.html#docCont



I'm not seeing where it speaks to magazine parts. I try to keep current and thought parts were not considered a magazine.
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Yes, because the legislation never considered the idea of just a magazine housing (that shows how thoroughly they understand firearm and their parts). Like any law where it's silent or vague, subsequent court decisions, unchallenged interpretations, regulations or procedural guides define it. That is what happened here. I recall seeing the court decision talked about some time ago here on CGN.
 
bogusiii said:
Yes, because the legislation never considered the idea of just a magazine housing (that shows how thoroughly they understand firearm and their parts). Like any law where it's silent or vague, subsequent court decisions, unchallenged interpretations, regulations or procedural guides define it. That is what happened here. I recall seeing the court decision talked about some time ago here on CGN.
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Has anyone been able to locate that thread yet? The search function on CGN leaves a bit to be desired. When and if anyone finds it, can we please post the link here?
 
Ok the search function sucks.....

I tried to look back 3yrs but the threads stop after 300 threads (early 2012)

So I went back to the end of 2008 (roughly 16,000 threads) and started skimming thread titles.

Back in March 2009 the event occured. I have 2 threads that discuss the particulars of the arrest etc. It took me better than 4 hrs of looking to find this much and I give up! Lifes too short!

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...mmo-seized-from-gun-shop-owner-(The-Province)

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...ammunition-seized-by-RCMP-(More-fear-mongerin

OK so these are the inital media reports. not the whole story.

If my memory is correct; All of the charges were dropped except the charges in relation to prohibited magazines.

I remember having a conversation with the LGS owner after word of this hit the interwebs. He (up untill then) imported mag bodies and pinned them and then put them together. He stopped doing this after this incident. He now pays a distributor to import all of his stuff now, so mags come to him pre-pinned.

Feel free to look further for yourselves, but I'm done!
 
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