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RCMP tells owners to turn in guns after banned fully automatic model sold in Canada (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 10 months ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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The RCMP has told owners to turn in what the force is calling fully automatic military surplus firearms after hundreds were misidentified and allowed into Canada for commercial sale.

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[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ya, good catch. The firearms in question were manufactured as full auto, but have been converted into semi automatic. That's not enough to make them legal, I guess.

[–] charliespider@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because it's likely trivial to convert them back to fully auto, whereas doing so to a weapon that was never intended to be fully auto is likely more difficult.

[–] 2nsfw2furious@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 10 months ago

Because it's likely trivial to convert them back to fully auto

Yeah but that would be illegal so no one would do that right