The law that governs the use, definitions and all other facets of firearms ownership are obtuse, contradictory, and still largely modifiable by the police without any political process to stop them.

The RCMP, Canada’s National Police Force is in charge of the registry and firearms ownership rules. In anticipation of this ruling, they have arbitrarily declared many scary-looking (underline LOOKING) as prohibited, – including some rimfire rifles – and they are now not open for ownership. These have had to be surrendered (thanks the the long gun registry tracking who has them).

The Canadian Firearms Act desperately needs a ground-up overhaul. As an example, The law states “Once a pistol, always a pistol”….an XP-100 action used as the basis for a 22 pound single shot f-class rifle means that the rifles is still considered a pistol. Pistols are restricted firearms and cannot be discharged anywhere except an approved range, and require a special transportation permit that permits only uninterrupted travel between home and the range.

Abolition of the registry is a huge first step, but it is far from a panacea.

Rather than recognizing the sheer stupidity and cost for no benefit of registry they are pushing to increase the cost and inconvenience on all shooters.