AirForceAddict wrote:
It's way easier to just get a PAL.
You'll also need to petition to change the hunting regs with your proposal.
You can't hunt without a hunting license, and you can't get a hunting license without a firearms license (PAL).
BTW, you need to be more informed, ALL airguns are firearms. The ones below the threshold are exempt from some of the faster shooting regulations. The RCMP was not feeding you BS.
I have my PAL, the issue is when you classify a low powered (4.3ft/lb) as a firearm for the purposes of the firearm act and the criminal code it limits where it can be used. I have a 25 acre farm I can shoot invasive species and pests at but because the municipality has a no shooting in municipal limits I can't use my PCP there, even if I use it on low power with a heavy pellet to keep it under 500fps.
"You'll also need to petition to change the hunting regs with your proposal.
You can't hunt without a hunting license, and you can't get a hunting license without a firearms license (PAL)."
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/lower-mainland ... _lists.htmClearly states "Schedule "C" animals can be captured or killed anywhere and at any time in BC. Schedule "C" birds may be hunted using electronic calls. You do not need a hunting licence to hunt or kill the following Schedule "C" wildlife:
(a) Rana catesbeiana - American bullfrog
(b) Rana clamitans - green frog
(c) all species of the family Chelydridae - snapping turtles
(d) Didelphis virginiana - North American opossum
(e) Sylvilagus floridanus - eastern cottontail
(f) Oryctolagus cuniculus - European rabbit
(g) Myocastor coypus - nutria
(h) all species of the genus Sciurus - gray squirrels and fox squirrels
(i) Passer domesticus - house sparrow
(j) Sturnus vulgaris - European starling
(k) Columbia livia - rock dove (domestic pigeon)
"ALL airguns are firearms. The ones below the threshold are exempt from some of the faster shooting regulations. The RCMP was not feeding you BS."
Direct from the RCMP site.
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/fs-f ... ir-eng.htm1. Air guns that are firearms for purposes of both the Firearms Act and the Criminal Code
These are air guns with both a high muzzle velocity (greater than 152.4 metres or 500 feet per second) and a high muzzle energy (greater than 5.7 joules or 4.2 foot-pounds).
Anything else?