Originally Posted by
flip1
I am one of the owners of the Walther G22 rifle, that were shafted by the RCMP long after they allowed the rifle into the country as N/R. However, in my case I did fight - to the tune of $35,000 in legal bills. Not because of a $900 rifle, but because of the precedent that it would set if the RCMP got away with it. Unfortunately they are smart enough to circumvent the due process, and I lost. We are appealing, but I am out of money.
With the exception of a few individual firearms owners, and 2 local gunshops, NOBODY helped in my fight. Neither North Sylvia (the original importer), the NFA nor the CSSA. We asked for technical information, number of guns in the country, etc... from NS and they refused to give us any information. I guess there were just too few of us G22 owners for anybody else to worry about.
One man in the RCMP has all the power in these classifications, and reclassifications. In many ways, he is the most powerful adversary that we have, and he is not even a cop! His word is final, and his power has no controls. My hearing over the G22 threatened his omnipotent power so much, that they had a complete entourage of at least 6 people on their team - and that was just the ones that we could identify in court, not all the ones working behind the scenes!
Either the importers, the associations, and the firearms owners of Canada stand up and say enough is enough, or they will continue to pick away at the guns we are allowed to have, and they will become bolder and bolder each time. Each and every win makes them stronger and more arrogant!
Furthermore, reclassification is worse than simply not allowing certain guns into the country. Each time a gun owner has a gun taken away from them, they think twice about buying another one. Kind of like losing money on the stock market and becoming rather shy about what you invest in in the future. They aren't stupid, and they do have an agenda!
What will it take to get people pissed off to the point of action??? Writing letters is helpful, but this man does not answer to the politicians. He can only be hurt, and ultimately stopped in a court of law!