Homemade cannon - is it legal???

[DEZ]

Well I will weigh in one more time
Lets start with that I am a verifier and own a black powder cannon that is ignited by a fuse or wick
Having spoken with the firearms Techs who have consulted there legal dept. Antique status shall we say over rides prohib status
no different than a Webley MKI would be considered prohib but is deemed antique and there for a non gun
and Antique status over rides prohib .A cannon no matter the bore size is deemed a non fire arm if ignited by a match or wick (fuse)
Therefore is not effected by the OIC on firearms they don't have to specifically mention Bp cannons are exempt in the OIC to
make them exempt the definition already exists in law and that has not changed

 

[Pete04]

Thanks DEZ.

 

[fingers284]

Well I will weigh in one more time
Lets start with that I am a verifier and own a black powder cannon that is ignited by a fuse or wick
Having spoken with the firearms Techs who have consulted there legal dept. Antique status shall we say over rides prohib status
no different than a Webley MKI would be considered prohib but is deemed antique and there for a non gun
and Antique status over rides prohib .A cannon no matter the bore size is deemed a non fire arm if ignited by a match or wick (fuse)
Therefore is not effected by the OIC on firearms they don't have to specifically mention Bp cannons are exempt in the OIC to
make them exempt the definition already exists in law and that has not changed

But it has changed.... on May 1st 2020....everything you and your contacts a CFC say are right that they "were" exempt from Jan 1st 2000...that damn OIC overrides anything it mentions in its-self and is "law" until it is hopefully adjudicated into oblivion (well, maybe everywhere but Alberta after yesterday).

Antique status doesnt make something sacrosanct, there are lots of conditions imposed on antiques to make them in or out such as specific manufacture date, caliber, caliber changes, magazine fed or not and now the words "Created a new firearm category to include firearms with bore 20 mm or larger" changed what we had from Jan 1st 2000 to May 1st 2020.

 

[fingers284]

It appears that there may be light at the end of the tunnel ....for Albertan anyways...announced anything newly prohibited by the May 1st 2020 OIC will not be prosecutable .