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[NoelSeven]

Prohibited Firearms in Canada:

Prohibited firearms include all fully automatic firearms, converted automatics and a variety of other scary looking firearms which have been classified as "prohibited" by order-in-council. Most types of prohibited firearms are "grandfathered" to their current legal owners (i.e., owners are allowed to keep them), but cannot be transfered to non-grandfathered individuals. Firearms converted from full-automatic to semi-automatic, and many handguns (barrel lengths less than or equal to 105mm, .25 or .32 calibre) fall into the prohibited class. If you do not already own prohibited long guns, there is generally no legal means to acquire firearms of this type.

Restricted firearms include many handguns and other firearms which do not meet the above specifications. Some firearms are classified as "restricted" by Federal order-in-council. All variants of the AR-15 genre of rifle are restricted firearms. A transport permit is required to transport a restricted firearm from the location where the firearm is registered. Anyone with the appropriate firearms licence and a valid purpose can acquire this type of firearm. Hunting with restricted firearms is not allowed in Canada.

Non-restricted firearms are ordinary hunting and sporting rifles, shotguns and airguns with an overall length of 660mm or greater. Many airguns fall into this class because they are capable of achieving a muzzle velocity of 500 feet per second. If it is a centrefire semi-automatic firearm, the barrel length must be at least 470mm to be non-restricted. These firearms must be stored, transported and displayed according to Federal regulations and you need a firearms licence to possess them. Provincial and municipal rules may further regulate these firearms (e.g., Ontario hunting regulations require that firearms being transported be encased at night). Certain firearms, although they meet the above criteria, have been classified as "restricted" or "prohibited" by order-in-council.

http://www.firearmstraining.ca/classes.htm

[hckynut]

In most of the United Kingdom even police officers do not carry a gun, except for special occasions. Had that been the case in the Canada?

[YorkieonmyPillow]

You can get assault rifles and handguns in Canada, a very quick google search proved it.

The shooter was Canadian, was he not?

He had a gun.

[GrettaGarbled]

Thank you Noel and terrier. It is probably a good thing those types of firearms are restricted. I would imagine if it were easy to acquire stronger arms and ammunition, this could have easily been a bloodbath.

[scotttie]

On 10/22/2014 adelle38 said:

On 10/22/2014 scotttie said:

On 10/22/2014 adelle38 said:

On 10/22/2014 scotttie said:

FBI is helping the Canadians. They are asking our threat level be raised (they =FBI).

This from Shepherd Smith.

Actually, the FBI is raising their alert level at field offices. That's not the same as the US threat level.

Oh, I didn't realize that distinction.. Adelle, can you tell me what it means to raise the threat level at the field offices? That the office itself should be ready for attack?

Sincere question. Hard to tell on these threads.

I'm assuming that's what it means. As yet, I haven't heard or read anything of an official nature by the FBI on this. I've seen on several news outlets that they've raised the alert status in field offices. It's understandable that they aren't revealing a lot about their tactics in what is an ongoing situation.

Thanks Adelle. I just got back to this thread.

[mstyrion 1]

On 10/22/2014 Sushismom said:

On 10/22/2014 DowntonAbbey said:

I hope they will start. They need to. I just heard on the news and you can't believe what the news says but they said America is on alert now and I think they should be.

Boy, you sure do sound familiar.

"you can't believe what the news says".

Didn't I read this from someone earlier?

[hckynut]

On 10/22/2014 GrettaGarbled said: Thank you Noel and terrier. It is probably a good thing those types of firearms are restricted. I would imagine if it were easy to acquire stronger arms and ammunition, this could have easily been a bloodbath.

Yep! Best thing to prevent killings is let the perpetrators acquire any type of weapon they choose, but heaven forbid any law abiding citizens to even carry a hand gun.

Makes perfect sense to some I guess. There are very few things in my everyday life where I say "I am glad I didn't have that with me". There might never be a time when I say "I am sure glad I had that with me, even though up to now I have never needed it".

I see it as "better having it when you don't need it" than "not having it when you do need it".

Said ad-naseum here: "To Each Be There Own"

And let law abiding US citizens decide for themselves how they choose to protect themselves and their loved ones.

I know, I know. Oh so many killed by stray bullets shot by law abiding, gun slinging citizens carrying a hand gun. Anyone care to point out all these tragedies for me?

[NoelSeven]

On 10/22/2014 YorkieonmyPillow said:

You can get assault rifles and handguns in Canada, a very quick google search proved it.

The shooter was Canadian, was he not?

He had a gun.

They are illegal in Canada. See report above.

[NoelSeven]

On 10/22/2014 GrettaGarbled said: Thank you Noel and terrier. It is probably a good thing those types of firearms are restricted. I would imagine if it were easy to acquire stronger arms and ammunition, this could have easily been a bloodbath.

You're welcome, Gretta

[GrettaGarbled]

Hckynut- I'm not understanding your post to me. We were talking about Canadian gun restrictions.