Inheriting Prohibs

Hey, I've got a question, say if you have a .25 or a .32 and you want to sell it on, couldn't you just drill out the barrel or weld it up or something, without completely deactivating the pistol?

Because it's the calibre that makes it prohibited, right? So you can just knacker the barrel and transfer it as a restricted firearm... dunno what you would re-register it as though. Registered frame only?
 
it was well thought out, they banned something like 50% of guns in one fell swoop with the 12(6) nonesense.
 
Fonix said:
Yea....that's just not right. Something has to be done before it's too late.

The logic f*cking kills me. I can have a 4.5" barreled .45 with ten rounds, but I can't own a .22lr revolver with 6 rounds and a 3" barrel.

A real thought out plan that one was.
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"Logic" had nothing to do with it...it was a plan by the Feds to "take out" as many handguns as possible from circulation by attrition (when their owners die) and is only the first step. - Jeff/1911.
 
cybershooters said:
Hey, I've got a question, say if you have a .25 or a .32 and you want to sell it on, couldn't you just drill out the barrel or weld it up or something, without completely deactivating the pistol?

Because it's the calibre that makes it prohibited, right? So you can just knacker the barrel and transfer it as a restricted firearm... dunno what you would re-register it as though. Registered frame only?
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I tried this in 1998 after the law changed. Went to court about it.

I bought a Berreta model 1934 handgun and had the barrel welded shut. Because a TAN was given at the time the Registrar had to issue a registration certificate, then immediately revoked it. My argument was that the gun did not meet the definition of a prohibited handgun as being a handgun with a barrel. I even had the revoking officer admit on the stand that the gun was prohibited as a matter of policy rather than law.

In the end I lost because it didn't matter that what I did was legal. The Registrar only had to convince the judge that there was a good and sufficient reason.
69. The Registrar may refuse to issue a registration certificate, authorization to export or authorization to import for any good and sufficient reason including, in the case of an application for a registration certificate, where the applicant is not eligible to hold a registration certificate.

71. (1) The Registrar

(a) may revoke a registration certificate for any good and sufficient reason; and

(b) shall revoke a registration certificate for a firearm held by an individual where the Registrar is informed by a chief firearms officer under section 67 that the firearm is not being used for a purpose described in section 28.

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Sorry to resurect this post, but I just want to clear one thing up.

If my wife gets a restricted PAL, and sometime later winds up inheriting her father's collection, is she allowed to own and use the "prohibited" firearms, or is she still required to sell or deactivate them?

Thanks!
 
The CFC sight is down again, and I'm not quite sure what "12(7)" implies. Does that cover firearms that are currently considered restricted? I just want to know if she can actually own and use firearms that are currently prohibited, which I understand are 12(6)??

thanks!
 
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