r/canadaguns • u/Flat-Dark-Earth Big Bore Specialist • 28d ago

News / Politics / Activism Assuming the coming Supreme Court challenge rules in the governments favour, are we expecting OIC #4?

Worst case scenario, the Supreme Court ruling rules in favour of the government, deciding all previous bans were just.

What do we expect? Another OIC wrapping up the remaining semi-autos by model?

New legislation announced banning firearms by newly defined features?

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u/starw24-ps4 28d ago

Carney basically said last shooting they need to go through the “legal process” for banning, ie no more OICs until the SSC decides if it’s legit.

If it is legit, the next OIC will come soon after.

If it’s not legit, I expect they would begin the 18 month legislation like the handguns did.

We are now in a strange limbo state where only RCMP FRT swaps are possible fast bans - see my poor N4S that was lost in a boating accident.

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u/Flat-Dark-Earth Big Bore Specialist 28d ago

So assuming a future OIC is in the works. Are you thinking it will be limited to semi-auto stanag pattern rifles, or wider reaching?

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u/starw24-ps4 28d ago

I’ll tell you what I did - I sold my Turkish semi “hunting rifle “ for a makasi, as I expect if the makasi / Carmel go under, the Turkish ones will be going the way of the dodo as well.

Don’t get me started on crusader, I already learned my lesson on a crypto with no FRT.

If you read the “expert” panel on firearms (which was going to be the path forward of Public Safety), their recommendation was to prohibit all semi autos with detachable mags of over 5 rounds (Stanag, Sks promag, etc). Take that as you will.

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u/Flat-Dark-Earth Big Bore Specialist 28d ago

It would be interesting if the SKS were caught up in the same ban criteria as it wasn’t designed to have a detachable mag.

That would leave a lot to interpretation on historic firearms that have since been modified to accept a magazine other than OEM.

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u/Dependent_Account603 28d ago

That would require a new system of sorts because as is, a firearms status is determined by the receiver alone.

In California they came out with workarounds to such. For example the bullet button magazine release - because if the magazine requires a tool for disassembly, it doesn't qualify as detachable. A bullet tip being a tool.