Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Canada bans .22 rifle because it looks similar to an AK-47 [View all]DragonBorn
(175 posts)This topic is a bit complicated for someone not already schooled in Canadian firearm law.
And your right about the AP80 vs. the AK-22 being a law school question, but that should be sussed out by either the RCMP firearm officials or the court system (whoever would be responsible). It's tangentially related to my comment on the RCMP officials. I didn't mean to sound as if I was calling them idiots, I just meant to illustrate that they are fallible. No human could possibly know every single firearm ever put into production, and I simply think this single model of firearm may have fell through the cracks and got placed on a banned list even though it shouldn't have.
But the main argument boils down to this for me.
What is the AP80?
A semi-automatic rifle with a detachable magazine.
Are other semi-automatic .22 rifles with detachable magazines legal in Canada?
Yes.
Then the AP80 should be legal in Canada.