"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." - Dante Alighieri
"This whole war could have been avoided. Cunnilingus and psychiatry brought us to this." - Tony Soprano
It seems to be based upon how it is MARKETED.
We certainly see this with magazines.
I truly believe if you submitted a black powder muzzle loader to the RCMP Tech lab, and called it the AKML-47, it would be banned.
Especially if the promo said "combining the battle proven ergonomics of the AK-47 with time proven muzzle loader technology."
I love the wood one.
I sure hope the RCMP look at the internals when they classify it instead of just basing they're decision on the appearance being along the lines of a Kalashnikov.