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justinb 1981
Airguns that shoot hard enough to cause serious injury or death (over 366 fps) are not considered replicas.Non PAL airguns are considered uncontrolled firearms which means they are exempted from safe storage and licensing regulations but are still considered firearms for all other sections of the criminal code.
As a matter of fact, however stupid it can be, the things that DO NOT SHOOT at all are also classified as “firearms” in Canada. It is sufficient to carefully read Sec. 2 of the Criminal Code of Canada which defines a firearm as follows: ““firearm” means a barrelled weapon from which any shot, bullet or other projectile can be discharged and that is capable of causing serious bodily injury or death to a person,
and includes any frame or receiver of such a barreled weapon and anything that can be adapted for use as a firearm”. For example, if you are in the possession of just a FRAME without a barrel and trigger from a pistol/revolver (could be an airpistol), that is already classified by the RCMP as a “prohibited firearm”, without carrying a prohibited PAL then you are a criminal, same for possession of just a frame from a restricted or non-restricted firearm without having an appropriate PAL. The last part of the above definition is most curious “anything that can be adapted for use as a firearm”. What does it exactly mean? A metal pipe attached to a grip?
In general, my advice to anybody who is interested in gun/airgun shooting or just collecting is to read carefully Sec.2 and 84-117 of the Criminal Code of Canada which refer to various aspects of firearm classification and possession. In the next step one can read the Firearms Act. Good reading for winter evenings.
The problem is that however stupid the law is there is no hope that it would be repelled soon (perhaps in the second Conservative term if they could win the next election?). There is nothing one can do about the firearms law, just obey it, trying to stay away from any trouble.