And right there is the lesson for all of us: if you want your valuable guns to be passed on to family or friends that want them, or at the very least get some money for your spouse, make sure your guns are in your will with specific instructions on how to divest them. Mine are specifically mentioned in my will including a list showing which ones go to each of my sons (because I know my wife would be the first to gladly give them to the local police smelting pot!!!)
LF: Info on Vancouver Police collecting WWI Machine Guns in the 80's or 90's
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And right there is the lesson for all of us: if you want your valuable guns to be passed on to family or friends that want them, or at the very least get some money for your spouse, make sure your guns are in your will with specific instructions on how to divest them. Mine are specifically mentioned in my will including a list showing which ones go to each of my sons (because I know my wife would be the first to gladly give them to the local police smelting pot!!!)
I heard that most mostly people turning in junk/broken guns to get free cameras. I heard many were not even guns, just canadian tire style pellet guns.
I'd be curious if there's a way to confirm if there were many collectible guns.
-Steve
Correct. Ho Inn in Vancouver Chinatown. Turned out the 2 Lewis guns were stolen from a collector in Surrey. The incident was briefly mentioned in this article:
'The Ho Inn burned down, there was a post fire rumour that prohibition era machine guns were hidden in the walls by a gangster rum runner, a fitting Raymond Chandler-esque twist I’d say.'
http://urbandiner.ca/2010/09/27/vancouver-chinese-food-in-the-70s/
The real problem with the older smg/mg's is that they were registered under the old system. They had to be re-registered under the new system. So if they were not, they are not registered.
That's what is wrong with the post 1978 registery. They never allowed any un-registered guns to be registered before closing the FA registery. There are some Colt 1915 3006 vicker's gun in
the registery, which came from israel. These are very rare guns here in Canada.
That's what is wrong with the post 1978 registery. They never allowed any un-registered guns to be registered before closing the FA registery. There are some Colt 1915 3006 vicker's gun in
the registery, which came from israel. These are very rare guns here in Canada.
Mr. Dynamite
CGN Regular
- Location
- Northern Alberta
Is there any way to save them once they have been turned over?
How do we find these granny's before they doom their guns?!?
- Location
- Manitoulin Island
Problem is that no unregistered prohibs can be registered. This is actually working against the principle of knowing where they are, because if people know that grandpa's old gun can only be melted down, they are more apt to keep them stashed or dispose of them in a way that is counterproductive. You can't even get a ATT to take them to the gunsmith to be dewatted or (int the case of 12-6 handguns) have them re-barreled to restricted.
maple_leaf_eh
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Are you asking about Granny Smith's two chrome Iver Johnson .32s that Grampa Smith left behind, or 'grandfathered' prohibiteds?
In the first instance, you get to know the people in the neighbourhood and ingratiate yourself in whatever circles those people circulate. It is quite common for right thinking people to own firearms, but who decided years ago to disobey the prevailing firearms legislation, and their property is now unknown to Ottawa as green registration slips went stale or people moved or no one bothered to inform the police. Put a box ad in the paper adverising you buy guns from estates and will help uncomplicate peoples' affairs before the executor has to start making expensive decisions.
The long way around route would include facilitating a legal sale between properly papered owners, so that a legal owner can sell or deactivate a Prohibited whatever on your behalf. Or, if you are lucky enough sell a pre-1945 production gun to an elderly blood relative who happens to also have a Prohibited caveat on his/her PAL. That way, when the relative dies, family heirlooms can be willed to an owner who would not otherwise be able to acquire Prohibiteds.
(Don't ask me to explain, that is the logic of the Firearms Act and it is something the recreational firearms community and the NFA lobbied for when the feds were asking for public input.)
#1bcshooter
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