After reading the decision - I must agree with the
OUCH!!!
I will say that one good precedent was set for firearms owners - that being the refusal of the Tribunal to go "in camera" (ie - no one other than the expert witness, the CBSA, and the Tribunal in the room) when Mr Smith demonstrated that the T97A could be easily converted to FA. At least Mr Youngson could actually see how it was done, thus protecting his right to question evidence brought in by CBSA. That would have been pretty damned hard to do had the demonstration been "in camera".
I hope CanadaAmmo is allowed to return these products to China and get a refund from Norinco. Hopefully, Norinco will redesign and manufacture T97A-type rifles so they can't be easily converted to FA.
Call them Type 87B maybe???