r/canadaguns • u/BSDTerra • Feb 27 '14

Swiss arms reclassified as prohib

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u/Jobbo_Fett Surplus Lover Feb 27 '14

I can't say I'm too surprised at this turn of events, sadly. Next thing you know, they'll be going after Valmets, Kriss Vectors and others.

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u/login2downvote Feb 27 '14

Fortunately the Valmets are untouchable given that the government themselves handed them out by the truckload to Inuit in the 80s. If they go after those it wouldn't be hard to disparage them for assaulting First Nations' ways of life.

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u/Jobbo_Fett Surplus Lover Feb 27 '14

But its not the government that wants them gone, its the RCMP

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u/adaminc Feb 27 '14

But the RCMP doesn't have the authority to do this kind of thing. It is the Government, specifically the Department of Public Safety.

So yes, the Government does want them gone, and in the case of the Swiss Arms classic, they got their wish.

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u/adaminc Feb 27 '14

Then show me the legislation that gives the RCMP the authority to create or edit regulations.