OK, if it is so dam clear, why are so many people that I have talked to, that have read it have so many different interpretations ? I guess they don't understand plain English as good as you do ??? Reading is always subjective and when one is not clear they ask questions, like I did ! Sorry if for any reason I am wasting your person time and space. And I am in the Main battle rifle area because of which the Garand was one, so I am asking the right people for the answers. To everyone who gave their honest opinions and have tried to make this issue clearer for a fellow member , thank you very much !
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OK, if it is so dam clear, why are so many people that I have talked to, that have read it have so many different interpretations ? I guess they don't understand plain English as good as you do ??? Reading is always subjective and when one is not clear they ask questions, like I did ! Sorry if for any reason I am wasting your person time and space. And I am in the Main battle rifle area because of which the Garand was one, so I am asking the right people for the answers. To everyone who gave their honest opinions and have tried to make this issue clearer for a fellow member , thank you very much !
Sorry, but I sympathise with Corps. Not only is the law clear on this point but this issue has been gone over and over and over so many times here. Repeatedly asking the question in my view only prompts the 'anti's' to consider making changes.
There was no course for an FAC. However, any instructor who doesn't know or teach about the exceptions to the daft laws shouldn't be teaching. Another case of an unqualified instructor.
Any cf rifle mag that holds more than 5 rounds, except for Lee-Enfield mags and M1 Rifle clips or the other few exceptions, is a prohibited device all by itself. You have to know the laws.
Any cf rifle mag that holds more than 5 rounds, except for Lee-Enfield mags and M1 Rifle clips or the other few exceptions, is a prohibited device all by itself. You have to know the laws.
Again, NOT CORRECT. No mag limits for bolt action CF. That is why AI mags, PGW mags etc are not prohib. Mag restrictions apply to semi auto.
Or if said CF bolt action mag "happens" to fit a semi auto. i.e. AIA Enfield 7.62 10 rd mag. it just happens to fit an M1A and it's varients. LEGAL
Correct because the mag is for a bolt action so no limit. If a AR mag happened to fit a bolt gun though the mag limit would still apply as the mag was made for a semi.
Correct!!
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No need to throw a hissy fit. There are 2 million gun owners in this country, and most of them (er, us) have read or tried to read the various information pamphlets or course materials that try to make sense of the Firearms Act. A few people have taken the time to read the Act and the Regulations. However, like ### education or dog training, every gets their own ideas. Almost all have some foundation in fact, but a scary percentage of Canadians hate what their government does and have a really hard time accepting what has been done to them by the government. Hence their prejudices and misconceptions.
Back when the Firearms Act was being drafted, the Old NFA had a genuine expert in Dave Tomlinson. He was self taught but a truly thoughtful person. When the words came out that all semi-auto rifles would be limited to 5 shots, he wisely went to the books and proved the feds were going to include a number of guns unwittingly. Guns like the Garand that can't be easily reduced. Then Dave thought about those weird WWI and WWII emergency squad automatic conversions. And a lot of hunters suddenly worried that their moose rifles were going to declared illegal because by extension a No.1 could be made to fire full auto. The feds listened and wrote the words that exempted those two guns. Not a big victory but someone could show their boss that the department was sympathetic to the interests of the lobby group.
Like I said, many have read and many have different ideas.To those who thought the original question was a waste of time, instead of wasting your time and negative commenting you should have just moved on to the next topic , negative comments are really no good to anybody ! So I stand by my question and I am a lot clearer now that the members have talked about this subject. Thank you to those that took the time to voice their say to make this issue clearer. I have properly taught, that if you don't know, ask ! Nobody should be given a hard time for asking. My opinion.
No course for an FAC? That's funny because I spent a day in a classroom to get mine years ago. How did you get yours?
I remember that I was underage at the time I was applying for a miners permit
There was some kind mix up I was issued my FAC not a miners permit
When the RCMP figured it out they contact my mother and demanded that I return my FAC
She told them that the only way they were going to get it back was to take her to court
She said that there was no way that I should lose it and that I quit school had a full-time job and was help and support the family
Plus I was expected to put meat in the freezer
This was right when they first brought in the FAC system
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