r/canadaguns • u/ThatRedMachinist • 11d ago

Milsurps / Prohib First Nation Hunting Exemption in OIC

Since there's an exemption in the OIC that allows natives to hunt with their prohibited firearms, would I be allowed to take said firearm to the range to "sight it in" for hunting in the fall?

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u/varsil Firearms Lawyer (Verified) 11d ago

Firearms lawyer here:

There is an exemption in the OIC for Indigenous hunting.

It is incredibly narrow, and basically a legal trap.

So, the short answer is: DO NOT USE THE PROHIBITED FIREARM. Not for sighting in. Not for hunting. Not for anything.

You might win in court eventually. It'll be about $25,000 getting there, and all of your guns sitting in police storage in the meantime getting damaged, and never getting any of those prohibs back.

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u/TheSockington 11d ago

Pretty sure I saw our Range Officer with his Tavor last weekend. People still out there being dumb with less protection than OP’s question. Deffo not worth it

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u/waitwhatnothing 10d ago

I saw a guy shoot a tavor at my range  only a month or two after it was banned and an RSO kicked him out after like three shots.