seems odd to me. 542 was previously non-restricted so no record of who has what. only way to manage the transition of this firearm to prohibited would presumably be via the OIC which is designed to transition firearms, which means that all other OIC regulations apply, and anyone with a 542 is now breaking the law if they transort, shoot, sell, etc. so a person is now in the sticky predicament of not knowing they are breaking the law. made especially difficult as non-rcmp do not have real-time access to the online frt, and the downloadable one is not being updated due to covid. and neither my ipad nor my laptop can open the pdf version (perhaps because 250MB) so i cannot determine when the last version was published or what was on it. add to that the fact that the 542 is about as similar to an ar platform as it is to my bolt gun and i have a hard time believing that the RCMP are just randomly transitioning firearms without telling anyone. unless becoming prohib on the FRT requires some other order of govt to become law that is still pending? otherwise, i would hate to think there is some loophope that allows the RCMP (not the govt) two write laws, not tell anyone, make it impossible for them to find out about them, then charge people for breaking laws they don't know about?