...I am one of your constituents from Coquitlam. I am writing to you in regards to the recent actions taken by the RCMP to reclassify the Swiss Arms Classic Green rifle and certain variants of the Cz858 rifles from non-restricted or restricted to prohibited. These rifles have been available and legal to import, sell, purchase, and use in Canada for several years yet the RCMP has unilaterally and, in my opinion, arbitrarily retroactively reclassified them in such a way as to make ownership and use of them impossible for those who purchased them legally and in good faith. Even more egregiously, they refuse to provide compensation for the forfeiture of these rifles to those who have spent upwards of $4,000 dollars for the rifle alone, let alone the cost of registration, legal storage, and maintenance.
Although I personally do not own any of the rifles that were recently reclassified, I do own other firearms and I worry that they might be next on the RCMP's chopping block.
I was given to understand that some of the tenets of the Conservative Party's platform include the belief in the right of responsible firearms ownership for Canadian citizens and a belief in the right of private property. I hope that you hold true to these tenets and will look into the actions of the RCMP in order to prevent such excesses from occurring in the future and to make restitution to those have had their property forcibly taken from them with no compensation.
Thank you for your time.