So a petition against this is too much work to put together, or has everyone already surrendered?
PRACTICE, so there'll only be a Singleshotneeded! :-)
Firearms are already having a serial number on it.
Is there any logical explanation to how inscribing certain "markings" will help achieve anything?
Having serial number serves a purpose (identifying a firearm), this proposed marking seems to have none, shouldn't that be enough grounds to challenge that in court?
This is beyond ridiculous waste of time & resources.
Hmm, why hasn't anyone brought forward an official E-Petition yet??? I know a few MP's that would more than likely sponsor this. Mr. Wolverine could come up with the proper wording perhaps. I know it's the 11th hour and this should have been done months ago but would it not hurt to try at the very least? We can write as many letters as we want but it will fall on deaf ears. I suppose an E-Petition might have the same problem but it may hold more clout given it's more visual (public's eye) than a personal letter/fax/email.
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Back in January I sent in an email with some context and then asked, "...must the firearms be marked *only* after they arrive in Canada, or would it be possible for a Canadian distributor to order a number of firearms from a manufacturer in another country, and have the manufacturer pre-mark them with the Canadian import marks?"
The response I received is quoted below. I've removed the personal phone/fax/email of the analyst but could provide them privately on request for a justifiable reason.
RE: Question about firearms import markings
Firearms / Armesafeu (PS/SP) [ps.firearms-armesafeu.sp@canada.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 1:05 PM
To: <me>
Good Morning <me>,
Thank you for your inquiry. I apologize for the delay in responding. To answer your question, the Firearms Marking Regulations do not preclude the ability of a Canadian distributor to have a foreign manufacturer ‘pre-mark’ a shipment of firearms with the Canadian import marks. The requirement is to ensure the firearm is marked by the period specified in the Regulations.
Thank you again for writing,
Benjamin Gallant
Policy Analyst
Firearms and Operational Policing Policy Division / Division des armes à feu et des politiques opérationelles
Community Safety and Countering Crime Branch / Secteur de la sécurité communautaire et de la lutte contre le crime
Public Safety Canada / Securite publique Canada
269 Laurier Avenue West, 12th Floor / 269, avenue Laurier Ouest, 12ième étage
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0P8
Thanks Cbf. I guess you saved me the trouble of writing a letter to confirm what I have been saying. Heck, maybe I'll do it anyways since I'm sure someone will interpret this to mean something different. It wouldn't hurt to have another opinion saying the same thing.
Thank you, please send me your contact details to John@wolverinesupplies.com this is an extremely valuable point that I will be acting on immediately.
Last edited by Wolverine .303; 03-27-2017 at 08:54 AM.
Forgive my ignorance on this one, but how does adding a couple extra character to a firearm "add over $200 to the price of every single firearm sold in Canada"? Where did they get this number?