I am posting the following not because I was asked a question or two,
but because I am very sorry to see (in this thread and others)
the effects of on-purpose misinformation
(from within the ranks of the gun community),
and because I am sorry to see
how many of you fell for the diversion created by the antis.
These facts lead to many of us to lose sight of the big picture
and focus on the wrong issue because they were not told the truth.
I am sorry to see people like Throttle Monkey, Suprathepig, Clobbersauras
(edit to add: and many many others)
wasting precious energy beating a dead horse.
First, it is never easy (for me at least) to post in threads like this,
where idiots say things like “any semi can be converted to full,
this is how you do it, .... nyah, nyah, nyah"
and other stupid things.
Don’t forget, antis are here and they eat this sh!t up,
and do not be surprised to read this kind of FA-crap references
in the media with CGN quotes.
For this purpose, in these times, in this thread and others like it,
regardless of the fact that the attention whores in this thread
want to appear smart or knowledgeable, NONE of the semis
on the market can be converted to anything. Do you understand?
All guns in Canada are for hunting or for target practice.
NONE can be converted.
Or are you so hopelessly stupid and you don`t fukken understand
that if you beat that drum, it will fire back??
About the issue of convertibility I was asked about:
There is a difference between some things said in the thread.
Clobbersauras sez easy converted. I don`t know WTF that is.
Other people say convertible.
About the meaning and the difference between convertible and converted
if you do not see the difference,
then the best is to go and consult a dictionary,
unless some text of law has a precise
and different definition of any of the two
in the context and for the purpose of interpretation of that law only.
In the context of CCC and Firearms Act, I'm not aware of any
reference to convertible.
However, converted (regarding firearms)
is referred to in quite a few places in the Canadian law.
Generally speaking, a gun converted from a FA to SA is a prohib.
From my limited experience related to the 97's I handled in Canada,
I do not see a way of easily converting it
to fire in a FA mode (selective or permanent). Period.
And I am not going to discuss what was said before by suprathepig
about what happens (legally) in case
IF somebody can get a hold of a military trigger assembly
or any other IFs
(If the old woman was hanged upside down, she would be a piggybank…
but we don't hang her anyway, because it's illegal).
However, if somebody is willing to take this specific issue to the court,
he should remember a thing that may help him a lot in arguing this case:
a trigger assembly with FA capability (ready or homemade)
is already prohibited in Canada (CCC)
as being parts for use exclusively in FA guns.
("so, consequently, Your Honor, WTF is the argument about?
Bringing the gun to a prohib status
by adding something that is already prohib?"
Feed that to a skilled lawyer and he will know what to do with it).
But it's time for you guys to realize the T97 thing is dead in the water.
The things that killed it are uncalled-for attention
and un-necessary excessive public exposure
(anything more than a description, exploded pictures, range reports),
namely (in this precise order):
- stupid marathon-type “would you bring” threads,
- ridiculous and forced popularization of the gun,
(I still can`t believe the fukken leprechaun started to speak French
in the hope that he can bring more votes to his stupid and completely useless poll),
- excessive military pics, youtube vids,
- excessive references to FA,
- proselytism-like advertisement,
and many other ones I will not discuss here.