The RCMP are quietly adding more guns to the list of 1,500 banned by the federal government earlier this month..Maple Ridge, B.C., gun store co-owner Matt Mendel said he heard rumours that more and more firearms were being banned, and sure enough, when he started checking weapons his store was selling in the national Firearms Reference Table (FRT), it was true..He said most of the firearms added to the list were shotguns..The RCMP, which manages the FRT through the Canadian Firearms Program, sent a statement to CBC confirming the re-classification was taking place beyond the original list of 1,500, and so far no public notification has taken place..“The Canadian Firearms Program (CFP) has been working diligently to ensure that the FRT is updated to reflect all of the classification changes resulting from the Order in Council issued May 1st,” read the statement to the CBC..Mendel said the Typhoon F12, a semi-automatic shotgun, was listed as non-restricted on May 14, but then a subsequent FRT search the following day showed it as prohibited..“If I wasn’t a diligent business owner and constantly kept my ear to the ground with this sort of thing, I could have been selling illegal firearms to people, and people could be possessing illegal firearms without even knowing it,” Mendel told CBC..The store stands to lose $30,000 to $40,000 for a dozen firearm models that have been reclassified as prohibited..“As a business, we just hold on to that and we lose that money. We’ve paid for those firearms, and now they’ll sit in my basement … forever essentially,” said Mendel.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .In early May, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday they are banning 1,500 different makes and models of what he called “military-style” and “assault-style” guns in Canada..The ban came into effect immediately and was ordered by the cabinet without any bill or debate in Parliament..The Liberals campaigned in the last election to ban assault rifles and introduce legislation allowing cities to ban handguns..The federal government still has to work out the details of a buy-back program to compensate the owners of previous legal firearms..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby7694
The RCMP are quietly adding more guns to the list of 1,500 banned by the federal government earlier this month..Maple Ridge, B.C., gun store co-owner Matt Mendel said he heard rumours that more and more firearms were being banned, and sure enough, when he started checking weapons his store was selling in the national Firearms Reference Table (FRT), it was true..He said most of the firearms added to the list were shotguns..The RCMP, which manages the FRT through the Canadian Firearms Program, sent a statement to CBC confirming the re-classification was taking place beyond the original list of 1,500, and so far no public notification has taken place..“The Canadian Firearms Program (CFP) has been working diligently to ensure that the FRT is updated to reflect all of the classification changes resulting from the Order in Council issued May 1st,” read the statement to the CBC..Mendel said the Typhoon F12, a semi-automatic shotgun, was listed as non-restricted on May 14, but then a subsequent FRT search the following day showed it as prohibited..“If I wasn’t a diligent business owner and constantly kept my ear to the ground with this sort of thing, I could have been selling illegal firearms to people, and people could be possessing illegal firearms without even knowing it,” Mendel told CBC..The store stands to lose $30,000 to $40,000 for a dozen firearm models that have been reclassified as prohibited..“As a business, we just hold on to that and we lose that money. We’ve paid for those firearms, and now they’ll sit in my basement … forever essentially,” said Mendel.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .In early May, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday they are banning 1,500 different makes and models of what he called “military-style” and “assault-style” guns in Canada..The ban came into effect immediately and was ordered by the cabinet without any bill or debate in Parliament..The Liberals campaigned in the last election to ban assault rifles and introduce legislation allowing cities to ban handguns..The federal government still has to work out the details of a buy-back program to compensate the owners of previous legal firearms..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby7694
