r/canadaguns • u/skunkdad2011 • Oct 31 '25

Super Weird DM Chat Request Message.

I got a chat request message today. It said “ I will pay 3-4x retail for a working firearm. “ 8 month old account, and the only activity I can see is a post in r/montreal, from yesterday, asking if anybody wants to go to a gun range with them. I’m a member of r/Montreal, and have posted replies to people there asking about gun ranges. So…. Is this some moron who thinks that licensed gun owners sell guns illegally, or some Fed bait?

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u/kbull70 Oct 31 '25

$10 it’s the same reporter that drilled out the rivet in a magazine to make it 30 rounds from awhile back

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u/MourningWood1942 Oct 31 '25

What’s this about?

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u/kbull70 Oct 31 '25

Some reporter in Quebec awhile ago tried making a point of how easy it is to make a 5/30 round mag a full 30 rounder (a prohibited device) by removing the rivet that made it a 5 round capacity mag. As far as I’m aware he’s still not been charged with anything since creating a prohibited device and possessing it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25

They decided the intent wasn’t there to do a crime but to educate which of far more leeway than anyone else gets for anything gun related.

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u/skunkdad2011 Oct 31 '25

Intent isn’t written into the Firearms Act for possession. So, they just let him get away with the crime.

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u/4r4nd0mninj4 Oct 31 '25

Exactly. I had a mag that I'd need to remove the pin in order to disassemble and clean to get it properly working, and the CFOs office can't tell me if that's legality possible (to remove and reinstall the pin for cleaning), and recommends taking it to a gunsmith.😔

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u/shadow6654 BC Nov 01 '25

I asked this before and even if I was to remove the pin, disassemble, repin, clean, remove the pin, reassemble and repin, it’s still illegal

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u/4r4nd0mninj4 Nov 01 '25

It's BS that we're not legally allowed to maintain our own equipment!

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '25

Yep. But it helped the agenda of their overlord at the time so it’s ok.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '25

Yeah if intentions mattered then I could unpin all my magazines for home defense