I did not lie to anyone, I was mistaken and I corrected myself. What more do you want?
The FRT requirement is not law yet but the Liberal Governement has said they are looking at making it a requirement. Regardless, it is the manufactruers responsibility to ensure the firearm is classified correctly when producing and selling the firearm. An FRT ensures the firearm is classified correctly.
Aside from the FRT issue, the firearm they would produce would indeed be illegal with respect to this part of Bill C-21. This specific criterion was added to the definition of a prohibited firearm by the amendment to Bill C-21, which received Royal Assent on December 15, 2023.
"A firearm designed and manufactured after December 15, 2023, may be classified as a prohibited firearm in Canada if it is not a handgun, discharges centre-fire ammunition in a semi-automatic manner, and was originally designed with a detachable magazine with a capacity of six or more cartridges, according to Public Safety Canada."
So while yes we are indeed mad at Lockhart for a variety of reasons, this does not discount the fact that what they are proposing is in our opinion illegal.
One cannot argue this is our fault, the Renegade and Maverick were designed to prevent modification to semi-auto using common knowledge and tools. The fact that Lockharts proposed service requires specialized tools and machinery, specilaized knowlege, and 3rd party parts means that they are making a completely new firearm. Whether they machine their receiver from a billet, a forging, or a partially finished receiver is immaterial to the fact they are producing their own firearm with our markings on them.
