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/Krazee9 on Apr 16 '17

It is exempt from the ban by name. Specifically, the Valmet M78, Valmet Hunter, and Valmet Hunter Auto are exempt by name. The other Valmets, like the M76, are still banned.

Supposedly, this is because in the '80s sometime the government had given a bunch of Valmets to native groups in Northern Quebec and didn't then want to confiscate them from those groups, so they decided to make a special exception for the Valmet.

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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/89gsxr-rr Apr 19 '17

corrupt Liberal,come on,,say it ain't so,i thought tards where all so honest,