It's Still OK to Use the LAR-15 10 Round Mag, Isn't It?
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Ar180shooter
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The vendor is wrong. The only thing affected by the RCMP ruling a few months back were the .22lr S&W and Chiappa magazines for their Ar's, as they are considered both pistol and rifle magazines. Other makes of .22lr AR15 mags and LAR 15 mags were unaffected by this ruling.
They are likely referring to this memo: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/bulletins/bus-ent/20110323-72-eng.htm
They are likely referring to this memo: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/bulletins/bus-ent/20110323-72-eng.htm
Probably does not know weird law and "weirder" RCMP ruling
The guy probably doesn't know the RCMP's ruling on LAR-15 magazines, only thinks he understands the law!
Just buy your mags, get a copy of the RCMP letter from Quester International website and carry it around with the mags in case someone asks you a question.
(I also carry my XCR registration papers in case I'm asked what am I doing with a "high-capacity magazine assault rifle"
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Alex
The guy probably doesn't know the RCMP's ruling on LAR-15 magazines, only thinks he understands the law!
Just buy your mags, get a copy of the RCMP letter from Quester International website and carry it around with the mags in case someone asks you a question.
(I also carry my XCR registration papers in case I'm asked what am I doing with a "high-capacity magazine assault rifle"
)Alex
Definately not, lever sells lar-15's.
I didn't think anything had changed or I'd have read it here. I'll give him a printout of the ruling that Questar has posted when I go back and pick up some gear I ordered. The vendor was International Shooting Supplies in Surrey.
Specifically:
"4. Magazines designed for one firearm but used in a different firearm
The maximum permitted capacity of a magazine is determined by the kind of firearm it is designed or manufactured for use in and not the kind of firearm it might actually be used in. As a consequence, the maximum permitted capacity remains the same regardless of which firearm it might be used in.
Example:
The Marlin model 45 (Camp Carbine) rifle chambered for 45 Auto caliber uses magazines designed and manufactured for the Colt 1911 handgun, therefore the seven round and eight round capacities are permitted. A similar example is the 10 round capacity magazine for the Rock River Arms LAR-15 pistol, regardless of the kind of firearm it is actually used in."
All it takes is a LEO to enforce the laws as he/she interprets them, and a judge to uphold that interpretation...
Just because you have a letter with the RCMP's logo on it doesn't necessarily mean doodly-squat
I should think the courts would take a very hard stance on any criminal proceedings against an individual violating a law, where they had....on good faith....accepting a ruling from the RCMP saying that they were violating no law.
I just can't see charges ever making it to conviction.
In the meantime?
Who at ISS told you that?
I won't tell you what to do, but I have chosen to rely on their ruling and my interpretation of the law. If I ever get charge with being in possession of a prohibited device, I will have my day in court....and I like my odds.
Dude with beaucoup tattoos.
I'd like the odds as well - in BC there is a double test for charge approval that is, incidentally, more onerous than the rest of Canada and the test is: "Substantial likelihood of conviction and in the Public Interest". I ain't seeing charge approval on any over-enthusiastic RTCC re LAR 15 mags in this part of the country.
Yeah..... That dude.......
