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Originally Posted by rc_p120
Only if they were above 500fps. Now they are all firearms, airguns=firearms fullstop no mention of subcategories or grey areas, the SCC used pretty clear language. Let's hope the enforcement isn't the same as with firearms.
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Wow. Wooooooow.
Literally nothing in that sentence is accurate.
Good job!
This is still the law:
The CCC still has this provision in place:
Criminal Code - R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46 (Section 84)
Marginal note
efinitions
[...]
(3) For the purposes of sections 91 to 95, 99 to 101, 103 to 107 and 117.03 of this Act and the provisions of the Firearms Act, the following weapons are deemed not to be firearms:
[...]
(d) any other barrelled weapon, where it is proved that the weapon is not designed or adapted to discharge
(i) a shot, bullet or other projectile at a muzzle velocity exceeding 152.4 m per second or at a muzzle energy exceeding 5.7 Joules, or
(ii) a shot, bullet or other projectile that is designed or adapted to attain a velocity exceeding 152.4 m per second or an energy exceeding 5.7 Joules.
[...]
The exemptions numbers above include things like transport rules. Our guns still fall under this provision. This provision doesn't say our guns aren't firearms, they just say they aren't firearms when
sections 91 to 95, 99 to 101, 103 to 107 and 117.03 of this Act are being referenced.
This is a direct quote from the RCMP government site:
"These air guns are exempt from the specific safe storage, transportation and handling requirements set out in the regulations supporting the Firearms Act. However, the Criminal Code requires that reasonable precautions be taken to use, carry, handle, store, transport and ship them in a safe and secure manner."
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/f...me_air-eng.htm
THIS HASN'T CHANGED.