Ak-47

Andurp said:
Time for me to be a pedant.

The AK is technically legal in Canada. You need the proper license to own one, but provided you have those licenses, you can own one with no problems. You can't really shoot it, however. Those licenses would be a 12.2 license for a full automatic AK, a 12.3 license for a converted automatic and a 12.5 license for a semi-auto clone that is not one of the Valmets that are specifically exempted from the prohibition. The issue being, unless you owned one of those AK's and complied with the government's fascist registration scheme back in the 1990's, you'll never own one. The amount of people who can have those licenses can only go down as they die or forget to re-new, etc. There are actually very few firearms that are strictly 'illegal' in Canada. What the Progressive CONservatives and Lieberals of the 1990's did was classify a whole bunch of them differently, and then lock out new people from getting those licenses. So, while a Chinese Type 56 isn't technically illegal if it's registered and in the possession of somebody with the proper license, you can't get the proper license. It's a very clever way of banning guns without actually 'banning' them or confiscating them outright. Wait for the owners to die, then confiscate them. It's delayed confiscation.

The Valmets that are legal are expensive, but they are very much AK's. If you're willing to spend the money, you can have a non-restricted AK in a Valmet.

To answer your question, which I believe was meant to be 'will the AK be de-regulated and brought back to a reasonable classification?'

Probably not. Government likes taking freedom, but it very much despises giving a whole lot of it back. Join the NFA, write your MP's and vote with your wallet. Don't support a politician that supports anything less than a repeal of our draconian firearms act.
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You have it completely backwards.

ALL guns in Canada are illegal. You simply have a plastic card issued by the government that protects you from criminal prosecution for owning certain types.
 
The Ak-47: She's a little bit crude, a bit sloppy, everybody's had a go, but she goes like crazy, and never puts up a fight. You don't have to clean her up to show Dad, because he knows a good thing when he see's it, and your little brother wants to see all her bits when you all go camping. Mom doesn't approve, because she knows what a dangerous little thing she is, and how every guy thinks he can handle it, but we all don't mind getting hurt a bit for that kind of fun! Save all your fancy lubes for your Swiss and German toys, this one will rock dry, if need be, and still bang like a demon.

We are still talking about guns, right? Is it hot in here?
 
FeistyLemur said:
Because of all those flaws.

It's ugly in a beautiful way. And historic of course. That's kind of the draw for all soviet military equipment to me. It's fascinating from a historical perspective because it's brutal, and efficient, and usually offers absolutely nothing to user comfort. Like their tanks for example in World War II.
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Raw, unrefined, industrial simplicity.

It's like a Jeep vs an exotic car. There are some people that would pick the jeep. And be very happy with their choice.
 
I used to have an underfolder as my hiking gun, if the Vz had been around I'd have preferred it (lighter, generally more accurate). Lately though I've thought of going to Vegas and taking Jim Fuller's 'build an AK course' more for the experience than anything to do with the actual gun though.
 
I would love to have an AK47 but i highly doubt they will be legal again and personally I dont want nor have the money available to buy a Valmet. What I would like to see off the prohibited list is the Dragunov.
 
There are 75 millions of AK-47 out there, not to mention AK-based variants. Speaking about reliability and robustness - just quick look at Canada and US forums says it all about vz58. AK-47 is the original, vz58 is epigone. That's about it.
 
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