Canada court rules air guns now classified as firearms

[Locutus]

The Supreme Court of Canada last week decided that air guns will be categorized as firearms in all cases but licensing and registration, where previously the guns were only given the classification when used in some offensive of unlawful purpose, the Canadian National Firearms Association announced.

Because of the new classification, air guns will now be considered in concealed weapons cases, regardless of whether the owner is committing an offense.

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Canada court rules air guns now categorized as firearms



corrected CNFA link:

https://nfa.ca/news/supreme-court-canada-rules-air-guns-are-firearms

 

[mentalfloss]

paging Colpy now....

 

[#juan]

That is not unreasonable. I have a Sheridan air pistol/rifle that will put a 22 cal. pellet through a one inch pine board. This is not a CO2 gun. You have to pump it up.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

That is not unreasonable.

Not until some clever Crown counsel decides that makes spitballs "firearms."

 

[taxslave]

So is my nail gun now a firearm?

 

[petros]

Even the Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle with a compass in the stock and the thing that tells time?

So is my nail gun now a firearm?

Is it over 214 fps?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Even the Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle with a compass in the stock and the thing that tells time?

That's the "Red Ryder Semi-Automatic Assault Weapon with High-Capacity Magazine."

 

[taxslave]

You got the super deluxe model with built in GPS?

 

[petros]

If I were to buy an air rifle, it would already be Fed regulated. Not some plinking unit.

 

[lone wolf]

Only in Canada can Daisy become a bad word....

 

[Locutus]

Only in Canada can Daisy become a bad word....

they ain't our Daisy or our grandfather's Daisy no more, them and Air Soft look pretty convincing to a bank teller, 7-11, cab driver or even a cop...I dunno...maybe that's the angle...then again, point a cell phone at a cop in the dark and you might end up shot or tased anyway.

 

[WLDB]

That seems just a little f*cked up.

 

[darkbeaver]

Where's the fire?

 

[Praxius]

Only in Canada can Daisy become a bad word....

You need a license and fill out piles of paperwork here in Australia.

You also have to register various blades and knives that are over a specific size last I heard.

So no....not only in Canada.

 

[Sal]

Even the Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle with a compass in the stock and the thing that tells time?

you could shot your eye out with that 8O

 

[B00Mer]

The only gun that's worth a dam to me, is the one I carry on me every darn place I go..

My Smith & Wesson 9mm MOD C59

I'm naked without my 9mm, iPhone and Wallet..

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQzlyMrM314

 

[Sal]

The only gun that's worth a dam to me, is the one I carry on me every darn place I go..

My Smith & Wesson 9mm

I'm naked without my 9mm, iPhone and Wallet..

not to mention the gun in the kitchen drawer and bedroom...

 

[B00Mer]

not to mention the gun in the kitchen drawer and bedroom...

...you forgot the Glove Box

Colorado Restaurants rock..

 

[Sal]

...you forgot the Glove Box

Colorado Restaurants rock..

didn't know about the glove box only remembered the other two

we up to four now...even when in Canada, seriously?

if so, be careful dude, chances are you are more likely to shoot your foot off

 

[JamesBondo]

I have to ask how this changes things. As far as I can tell, I will still be able to buy low power air guns from canadian tire without producing a PAL. And, the high powered airguns won't require registration when I show my PAL.

The only difference is now, I will have to treat all air guns like the high power ones.

Furthermore, since when does the Supreme Court decision create a new law? Sure they have the power to uphold an existing law, or strike it down, but the person that claims that they created a new law needs to give their head a shake.