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My statement is about how a gun receiver doesn't need to have ever been assembled or fired full auto, for it to be considered a full auto receiver.
For them to be all reclassified, the law would need to change. I'm sure the liberals have ideas on how to do that.
Currently however, the RCMP do not, and never have, had that ability or power on their own outside of the interpretations of the firearms act, which is politician controlled.
The rcmp are the messenger, the firearms act is the message, politicians are the author.
From the Canadian Criminal Code:
“prohibited firearm”
« arme à feu prohibée »
“prohibited firearm” means
(a) a handgun that
(i) has a barrel equal to or less than 105 mm in length, or
(ii) is designed or adapted to discharge a 25 or 32 calibre cartridge,
but does not include any such handgun that is prescribed, where the handgun is for use in international sporting competitions governed by the rules of the International Shooting Union,
(b) a firearm that is adapted from a rifle or shotgun, whether by sawing, cutting or any other alteration, and that, as so adapted,
(i) is less than 660 mm in length, or
(ii) is 660 mm or greater in length and has a barrel less than 457 mm in length,
(c) an automatic firearm, whether or not it has been altered to discharge only one projectile with one pressure of the trigger, or
(d) any firearm that is prescribed to be a prohibited firearm;
The TNW was never capable of fully automatic fire. With the RCMP's newer interpretation that the recycled plates make it a C/A, does that automatically infect or change the status of the right sideplate? Also, remember that at present, the RCMP cannot change the classification of the previous guns nor are they supposed to change the entries. The only entry for a prohibited (C/A) TNW is the one Canadian Arsenals gun that someone submitted. That is the maker on the FRT entry. At present, all other TNWs remain non-restricted.
I do agree that their funding and the weight they carry in court make it difficult to beat them. Many have tried, and few have succeeded.
My statement is about how a gun receiver doesn't need to have ever been assembled or fired full auto, for it to be considered a full auto receiver.
For them to be all reclassified, the law would need to change. I'm sure the liberals have ideas on how to do that.
Currently however, the RCMP do not, and never have, had that ability or power on their own outside of the interpretations of the firearms act, which is politician controlled.
The rcmp are the messenger, the firearms act is the message, politicians are the author.
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So why don't you have your RPD ?
Well actually the RCMP firearms lab in the past have never been listed by law as the governing body to determine classification status of firearms for civilian ownership.
They aren't law. But as the lab has said before they are responsible for determining the classification of guns based on how the law is written. The frt was designed to capture those interpretations for ease of reference. The cbsa for example won't import a firearm without referencing this opinion.
And judges make case law through court rulings after hearing evidence. The rcmp lab is considered a court approved expert in the field, and certain members of the lab's examination team are considered experts in firearms classification. Their opinions can be given as evidence, thus influencing case law.
So while not law, they have considerable influence on the courts and politicians.
I fear we may be poking a giant with this talk. They can do their own figuring out without us helping them.