r/canadaguns • u/Whoopity_Longjohn • Apr 16 '17

Why are Valment AK's actually legal?

All AK variants are banned but I'm just curious about what difference makes the Valmet variant legal. Specific components? Caliber? Where it was made?

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u/ezSpankOven Apr 16 '17

Heard this story before too. Also heard someone from Valmet was in bed with a liberal senator or mp at the time and this was their in. For all we know, a prominent liberal could have had one or two in their collection at the time and didn't want to give it up.

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u/Krazee9 on Apr 16 '17

Valmet's gun division was sold to Sako in 1986 and IIRC discontinued and Valmet went bankrupt in 1989. There's literally no chance of "someone from Valmet" being in bed with the Liberals when the company didn't exist in 1995.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '17

Stop ruining the image in my head of Kim Campbell getting porked by a gun salesman in the Parliament Library!

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u/sheepsix al Apr 17 '17

I hate being that guy but Kim Campbell was PC not LIB.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '17

I know, I was thinking of it through the "added stupid gun legislation" lens rather than the Liberal side.

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u/TheCapedMoosesader Apr 17 '17

Stop ruining it he said!