Government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods. HL Mencken. 1919.
Let's be clear guns imported prior to 1st June 2017 do not require import markings.
It is not written into the regulations who decides what makes a gun rare or what is a high value, or what standard or criteria is used to make this determination and I believe that this only means the gun can then be stamped discreetly, she still has to be stamped.
The regulation says we have 60 days to apply the UN marking, it fails to say how long the Government can take in approving if your gun is of high value or rarity, what happens at the end of 60 days if you don't have an answer? I presume she has to be marked then to avoid been charged?
As I have said before this has not been planned in a practical manner.
Good point, CBSA has little or no power once something leaves the border, they don't have the manpower or the funding to ever attempt this, I'm guessing it will/would be the RCMP, but that's just my opinion. If CBSA were to take it on??? it would mean amending the Custom's act along with the Criminal code IMO.Not trying to pick a fight here, but this is open to interpretation of a section in the Customs Act, 2(1) I think, and the legal interpretation I have been given is that the marking has to be applied with in 60 days after leaving CBSA. It has been said that CBSA will be responsible to enforce this, well that is news to me, no one in Government has been able to advise the CSAAA who will enforce that the marking is carried out to the correct standard. What if you are found in possession of a gun that has not been marked correctly? Would you be charged?
Last edited by mildot; 03-26-2017 at 12:48 PM.
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can we do the markings in .000000001 font size and put it under a grip panel?
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- Abraham Lincoln
done.
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I'm not a dealer, but now my curiosity and desire for actual facts has inspired me to send a letter to the office of Mr. Goodale. He is still responsible for Ministry of Public Safety under which this mandate will fall. He can then delegate someone to provide the proper answer. I don't think it is prudent to depend on internet hearsay or the gun orgs to provide an opinion when the actual governing body can provide the correct information.
Last edited by MustangFrank; 03-26-2017 at 01:05 PM.