rules on restricted and prohibited

zebra

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Hi all

As a newbie to ownership and canadian rules in general, I am confused about how each firearm is classified as non-restict, restrict or prohib. Can anybody explain the rule that prohibits FN FAL and HK G3 (assuming they are not full auto), but allows swiss arms SG 550. Is it to do with caliber or full auto potential?
Is there a link that will explain how different firearms are classified?
anyway great forum - I am learning a lot
---zeb
 
Zeb,

I've been at this game for more than 25 years and sometimes I feel just as confused as someone just getting into it!

Go to the Canadian Firearms Center web page, there you will find a list of what is what, there is no real why. Looks perhaps but no real answer to your question. Care to make the question a bit more specific?

Scott
 
It is arbitrary. Many firearms are prohibited simply because they are specified as being prohibited. Some firearms are restricted for the same reason.

When the current set of gun laws was drafted, most firearms that were "black" or "scary" or "Tactical" were listed as prohibited, or restricted if someone objected strongly enough to prohibition.

Attempting to apply logic to our gun laws will simply give you a headache. :redface:
 
thanks for the replies,

I guess I just have to accept "there is no logic"

Scott, to make the question more specific, if I compare the M14, and the SLR L1A1 (FN FAL), both are 7.62x51, both semi-auto, both ex-military, but the first I can acquire, the second I cannot, and I cant work out why

cheers
---zeb
 
The goverenment needed to do something especielly our favourit LIBERALS, So they did something . WE the firearms owners been banging the heads against walls when C-68 was coming into effect, you are joining now ,so be part of it and bear it.There's more to come,save as much you can and buy as much and welcome
 
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