More Gun Laws Incoming ?

[parkcity]

Not sure what to make of this ? According to OFAH it will increase prices and guns will now effectively have two serial numbers.

https://www.ofah.org/firearms/recomm...king-protocol/

[patvetzal]

Been worrying about this UN ruling for years. It will accomplish the same thing as the LGR but cost us more. All we need is a federal government that will refuse to let the UN make our laws.

[welsh]

What it will actually cost is an open question.

The CSAAA tells us it will cost $200 / gun and drive importers out of business. The Conservative government of Stephen Harper estimated a cost of $21 / gun. And IRunGuns, which is Arizona-based, is offering to mark guns exported to Canada at a cost of $25 per gun, a service on which they surely intend to make a profit. So indications are that it is not going to be as expensive as the CSAAA would have us believe.

The regulation does not require the gun to have a second serial number added. Nor does it require any registration or tracking of the gun other than in the importer's inventory.

On the other hand I think the OFAH is absolutely correct with respect to guns coming in from the States: the controls already in place between the US and Canada would satisfy the intent of the agreement, if not the letter. This is a lot less clear when it comes to guns coming in from elsewhere, though.

[trimmer21]

Been worrying about this UN ruling for years. It will accomplish the same thing as the LGR but cost us more. All we need is a federal government that will refuse to let the UN make our laws.

Actually,it has nothing to do with any "registry" and can't be compared to the old LGR. It applies to new firearms entering the country through importation. With all firearms having a serial number,it defies imagination how an extra set of numbers will make any difference,whatsoever. This is just more Liberal-leftist bureaucratic bullshyte which will,typically,accomplish nothing.

[mooboy76]

On the thread title, here is a related news article. Not much news except emphatic statements that there is no long-gun registry coming.

http://www.hilltimes.com/2017/04/03/...ackdoor/101657

[bush24]

"The OFAH supports the basic principle behind the protocol, but does not believe that the firearms marking system as proposed is necessary to accomplish the end goal."
Why, why would the OFAH support anything to do with the UN telling Canada what to do ???

[welsh]

The UN didn't tell Canada what to do. Canada signed on to a voluntary protocol.

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[terrym]

This could be real problem for some sectors. Take pellet pistols for example that retail for many times less than $100. To add that much cost could to these items could really cut sales. My understanding is all that will get engraved is country of destination and year so it would have a CA2017 engraved "sometimes beside an actual serial#" which begs the question as to how this will protect society? It's nothing but an obstruction intended to harass gun owners and make them buy less guns. Trudough would be all over that.

[Hunter John]

Not sure what this UN marking scheme will actually accomplish , I remember Harper kept putting it off saying that it was not necessary but I guess the Government of the day is going to follow through with it. As the UN is quickly becoming irrelevant and full of corruption I guess they need to find new ways to make themselves important again.

[terrym]

Corruption and irrelevance. Yup sounds like a Trudough initiative.