Gun Thread

[Papa_Complex]

There are quite a few Canadian gun owners who are pissed at the RCMP, right now. They just declared the Swiss Arms PE-90 (aka the "Classic Green") is a prohibited weapon, more than 10 years after declaring it to by an unrestricted one (meaning that a simple acquisition/possession cert. was good enough to own it). Yes, that's right, they went from simple firearm, right past restricted weapon without collecting $200.00, to prohibited in one fell swoop.

That makes all PE-90s illegal, meaning that it's a charge under the Criminal Code (what you folks would call a felony) just for owning one. They must all be surrendered to local firearms officers, with no compensation given for a more than CAN$3000.00 rifle.

It's not like there are many gang bangers converting them to full auto and using them in a drug war.