The Joe-Man
CGN Regular
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If we still had a Conservative government the FAL would have been the gun for us to lobby to have reclassified by OIC. It has such a Canadian history that it's a crime that it's prohibited.
Why is the FAL prohibited?
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ShotgunNut
CGN frequent flyer
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- Vancouver Island BC Canada
It's prohibited because Canada sucks ass.
It's prohibited because the government at the time deemed the FAL to have "no legitimate sporting purpose" among several other excuses. This coming from people that believe no one outside the police & military should own any firearms.
You're right, the EM2 was the briefly-adopted British rifle. My bad....
As far as the rest of your post about the FAL, you're dead on.
eaglesnester
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
and for no other reason than it is scary looking
Because it's nice and the government doesn't like us to have nice things.
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Great pics Barney.
I have this one of my dad in the early 80's. He's upfront centre, holding two C1's.
Some others with C1's in them:
those photos bring back memories, thats Chilliwack - BOTC I remember being wet a lot.
as for FN's, I needed the money and sold mine back in 93....
Because they don't want you well equipped if/when they cross the line completely and gov. hunting becomes a "legitimate sport". That's the hard truth, there really is no other reason when all the BS is sifted through. Sure hope it never comes to that but they certainly are pushing.
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Nope, those sunglasses were only restricted then, they were prohibited in the early 90's if I recall correctly.
Well at least we have the M305 and it is an all around nicer rifle to shoot than any C1 I recall qualifying with. IMO the only advantage the C1 had over the M1a/M305 was the adjustable gas system. Anyone who has a clear memory will recall what a nasty nasty rifle the C1 could be slapping your cheek bone in recoil. I certainly do not miss it and I would doubt that the average issue C1 could keep up with a Chinese M305 with just minor tweeking.
And frankly there was never any doubt why the C1 ended up as prohibited.. every 2 week recruit knew they could empty a full magazine on a C1 with nothing more than a matchstick stuck in the trigger group...it was so common (and fun with blank ammunition on exercises) that even instructors were quick to "share the secret" . OTOH are full auto rifles a great risk to the public? Not at all!!! After the first round - everything else goes everywhere BUT at the target!
And frankly there was never any doubt why the C1 ended up as prohibited.. every 2 week recruit knew they could empty a full magazine on a C1 with nothing more than a matchstick stuck in the trigger group...it was so common (and fun with blank ammunition on exercises) that even instructors were quick to "share the secret" . OTOH are full auto rifles a great risk to the public? Not at all!!! After the first round - everything else goes everywhere BUT at the target!
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Hopefully you now understand how deficient most police are when it comes to a detailed understanding of firearms and firearms law. The primary qualification for most registrars in Canada is that they have 6-10 copies of Guns and Ammo at home. Next time you meet one .. ask them who developed and delivered their training to them and what were their credentials?
masterduckmaster
Regular
Yep! pretty much sums it up
Can you imagine what MPs in Ottawa would try to ban, if the shooter 20 some yrs ago, who shot the women , had used a squirrelly rifle, and they watched in horror, as he powdered and ball each round
I say this not to be disrespectful but to make a point that govts are wanting any excuse, to have a reason to ban a gun, Yet when the guy was reloading the mags not one person tried to
over power him, that to me is more of a disgrace than what happened to the women, not one man stood up and fought the guy, and the media did a good job to conceal his true identity
which he was person of interest from the middle east who hated women, that was never addressed , there is a saying, no greater love, than some one laying down his or her life for a friend,
I guess us old soldiers, really must love our country, and fellow man, that we lay down our life, for the people,,who want to take the guns away,, from the people who protect them,.
maybe these elected MPs should spend a day in the trenches with a soldier, and then sit down and think weather guns or any sort are bad or evil.
I say this not to be disrespectful but to make a point that govts are wanting any excuse, to have a reason to ban a gun, Yet when the guy was reloading the mags not one person tried to
over power him, that to me is more of a disgrace than what happened to the women, not one man stood up and fought the guy, and the media did a good job to conceal his true identity
which he was person of interest from the middle east who hated women, that was never addressed , there is a saying, no greater love, than some one laying down his or her life for a friend,
I guess us old soldiers, really must love our country, and fellow man, that we lay down our life, for the people,,who want to take the guns away,, from the people who protect them,.
maybe these elected MPs should spend a day in the trenches with a soldier, and then sit down and think weather guns or any sort are bad or evil.
This.
My father (RIP) who was in the courts, told me that during the FLQ crisis a group of separatist-terrorists had broken into a Canadian Forces armory, and stolen a bunch of weapons (so much for secure storage) and they included a quantity of FNs. To his knowledge, these rifles had never been recovered. Not sure how true this all is (Dad was a bit of a conspiracy guy) but it would explain the motivation of the government for the rather arbitrary classification of the FN at the time.
Not sure the interchangeability with full auto service rifles makes for much of an argument for FN prohib status, when the AR family which have some commonality with the C7, is merely restricted.
