Why are AR mags still pinned if only bolts and pumps are legal?

Suther said:
How many people have been charged with this? Because I've seen multiple "at my range nobody cares" posts, and zero "they got Jimmy for shooting his AR!" posts, plus there's a lot of people who dont keep up with the ever-changing laws and have no idea their guns have been banned.

Seriously. Do we know of any verifiable cases of someone being charged for being at the range with a OiC prohib? It seems like the kind of thing that would come up around here but I haven't seen any threads about it?
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An airforce dude i know got nailed with charges and they arent conveniently dropping them for him either, i wont get into his case but what he did wasnt as bad as being found with a loaded illegal pistol. My range has cameras and certain people are reporting the "totally chill" guys who think shooting prohibs at the range is actually smart. Rcmp have charged at least one member i know of, theyve sent footage of many more. Yes, if you are a normal Canadian gun owner you 100% will face harsher enforcement of the law than a literal terrorist.
 
Lets say a homeowner defends his home against an intruder. He is then charged with a crime. The charge is then stayed.

Did he get off Scot free? Should we say there's no consequences to defending your home?

Because unless the answer is yes, it really destroys the whole "charges conveniently dropped" and "you're arguing over semantics" narratives lol
 
Joel said:
Lets say a homeowner defends his home against an intruder. He is then charged with a crime. The charge is then stayed.

Did he get off Scot free? Should we say there's no consequences to defending your home?

Because unless the answer is yes, it really destroys the whole "charges conveniently dropped" and "you're arguing over semantics" narratives lol
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If by scot free you mean as far as punishment/penalty from the courts go, then yes, absolutely.

Neither results in a criminal conviction, neither results in criminal sanctions or penalties.

And while stayed charges can technically be reinstated within one year, in over 20 years of dealing with the criminal justice system in this country, I have never seen a case where they were actually reinstated - not saying it doesn’t happen, but if it does it is so rare as to not really be a consideration.
 
Innavedaw said:
If by scot free you mean as far as punishment/penalty from the courts go, then yes, absolutely.

Neither results in a criminal conviction, neither results in criminal sanctions or penalties.

And while stayed charges can technically be reinstated within one year, in over 20 years of dealing with the criminal justice system in this country, I have never seen a case where they were actually reinstated - not saying it doesn’t happen, but if it does it is so rare as to not really be a consideration.
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So with the specter of prosecution hanging over the homeowners head for the next year, we're good with using the word "dropped" instead of "stayed" for his charges, and saying he got away with it Scot free?

Although you're right that stayed charges are much more commonly not reinstated. Thats true. But they can be. Think we have a year to go until we can say the charges are dropped though. Its more than just semantics.

But with that in mind, how common is it that firearms charges are withdrawn? Apparently not rare at all.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2017001/article/54844/tbl/tbl10-eng.htm

Historically at least (2017 document) lots of them are. Now, they could ALL be immigrants/non whites I guess? lol
 
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