Canada bans .22 rifle because it looks similar to an AK-47

[DragonBorn]

41. Maybe

It might have been better to just ask then question but thanks for responding anyway. Well after reading up a bit on Canadian law I came to the same conclusion I had before. That this is just silly. If anything I say is wrong here please correct me, this is based on a 10 minute peruse of Canadian law.

It seems Canadian law has a classification of "Restricted", meaning a license must be applied for before these weapons can be owned but they can in fact be owned.
Am I correct so far?

It even seems that they have a list of AR style rifles that you can own.
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/fs-fd/rp-eng.htm

That list includes the common AR-15's in .223 / 5.56mm, the 9mm carbine version, and the .22 AR-15 versions.

Well the Armi Jager AP80 is a semi automatic .22 rifle that is modeled to look like an AK47. It is no functionally different from any other .22 rifle. It does the exact same thing; shoots the same round, and is of similar length it, just looks different. It seems silly to me that Canada would specifically exempt the .22 AR15 model but choose to prohibit the .22 AK47. In fact the 9mm and .233 AR15's are much more powerful than this .22.

I figured if you and Hoyt had no problems with semi automatic .22's, that you could admit that and say this ruling is silly. Gun owners have no problem criticizing other firearm owners when they do stupid things such as that moron who shot the paint baller because he heard rustling in the bushes and thought it might be a coyote. Every single gun owner hear will say that guys an idiot, but it seems very hard for anti gun advocates to admit that an anti gun law may be silly or wrong.