Hey guys, anyone who has read any of my firearm related posts, has probably noticed I usually mention how alternate reality like our gun laws are in Canada. Here's a good one that just came down the wire yesterday... RCMP MOVING TO DECLARE ALL 10+ ROUND 10/22 MAGAZINES PROHIBITED DEVICES - Calibremag.ca RCMP bulletin classifies 25 round 10/22 magazines as prohibited In a nutshell, there are thousands of Ruger 10/22 in Canada, and we know this due to the now defunct gun registry. But the ball park number is around 120-150 thousand of these rifles in Canada. It's safe to assume everyone has a magazine or two. While no law has changed, the federal police/firearms lab has changed their "interpretation" of the laws, and decided that any magazine that holds more than 10 rounds (although perfectly legal 2 days ago!!) are now a prohibited device. Bulletins are going out to stores etc to get them removed. What is this all mean, being prohibited? If you own one, you might as well have full capacity magazines, a full auto rifle, or a sawed off shotgun, it lumps you in the same crime category. Which is starting around 2-3 year minimum jail sentences. It's all up in the air right now, but many people are waiting for an official statement or bulletin or whatever. This happened a few years back with Mossberg 715 rimfire rifles as well. Welcome to Canada... If you think I drank bong water, read up over at canadiangunnutz (have to join to access though) it's caused quite the stir.
ya Canada is different.. my friends that go hunting up there ship guns because it's easier.. no joke try to get kitchen knives across border you can't do it. but can go into any store in Canada and buy them.. Hunting knives were confiscated how do you clean fish? Nice to visit though... I wonder about rottiman signature as hand guns are near impossible to acquire from what I've been told.
I wouldn't say handguns are impossible to acquire, but it is quite a process, and use is extremely limited (range use only pretty much) and interesting storage/transport rules to go along with it.
Get the shovel out and get to burying. "I'm sorry sir, those sank with my boat." In all seriousness, I'm assuming 10plus rounds in Centerfire is also a no go?
Well, yes and no. Centerfire semi auto rifle magazines are limited to 5 rounds. But if you have a mag that was designed for a pistol, and it fits the rifle, you can load and shoot 10 rounds. Think of an AR-15 rifle. A rifle mag needs to be pinned to 5 rounds, or it's a prohibited device. But LAR-15 mags (AR-15 pistol magazines) hold 10 and it's legal. For now. It's supposed to be the capacity is based on the original firearm it works with, not on what it might work with. Which doesn't make any sense, as it's the opposite of what's happening with the Ruger 10/22 mags...
I guess it's time for a trip to Canada to take all the "illegal contraband" for my 10/22 from you guys before you get arrested.
Are handguns only allowed at ranges? Or is it ok if a officer stops by while you are plinking on your range behind the house with one?
Sounds like nothing is very clear at the moment. Back during the Clinton gun ban when 10 round magazines were the limit, anything that had already been manufactured was grandfathered in and still legal. Which meant those $20 Butler Creek magazines suddenly were worth $60. But it doesn't sound like there will be a grandfather clause in Canada. Scary stuff, with the wrong balance in the Supreme Court we could have similar issues. Same as in Canada, there doesn't even need to be a law passed, the SCOTUS just needs to take up a certain case and "reinterpret" the 2nd Amendment and we could face some huge changes ourselves.
For the most part, handguns and restricted class firearms are range only. There are a few people who have something called a wilderness carry? permit. Think of a person who might survey remote land or run a trap line in the boonies. Not a common thing as far as I know. If you build a private range on your land, and it meets the guidelines set out by the Feds, and is approved, you can shoot them at home.
