trky chsr
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I agree with DWalt and let me give you a little Canadian perspective. I suggest you pay attention as you can bet Obama is looking to our laws as a "compromise". 30 years ago we could use ARs to hunt with no more regulation than any other hunting rifle (which at the time was nothing). Then after a mass shooting at a school (sound familiar?) the government decided it had to "do something" so they classified ARs as restricted , the same as handguns which for us means we can only shoot them at an approved range (gun club). Also they limited the magazine capacity to 5, yes 5, for all centerfire rifles. Handguns are limited to 10rnds. rimfires have unlimited magazine capacities except for handguns which are 10. They targeted AR15s because they are "assault" weapons, don't you know, even though the shooter in this case used a Mini-14 which except for the mag cap has no restrictions.
OK this is a reloading forum so now to my other point. A couple of years ago the Ministry of Natural Resources which enforces the Explosives Act (due to the mining component of natural resources) decided to update the Explosives Act as it was originally drawn up in the 50s I believe. The Explosives Act covers reloading components like primers and powder. Their first draft included a distance factor for reloading which would have made it impossible for appartment dwellers and pretty much anyone in a newer subdivision to reload or store powder. It wasn't until lobby groups screamed loud and hard that the MNR tweaked the new rules to accomodate us. Still we are limited to the amount of powder and primers we can keep in our residence (it's pretty generous but still). We can keep larger amounts in a special "magazine" which is descibed in the Act.
This is a very long post and I'm sorry but I think it's very important for people, especially the "it can't happen here crowd" to realise you bet your *** it can happen here. We have a very strong gun culture in Canada as well and some things are even more relaxed than the US. For example we don't have to buy or sell handguns through an FFL we can buy them privately and ship them in the mail right to our door. But of course there are many things we can't do like shoot them in the back forty or hunt with them but the point is to always remain vigilant and never think that your Second Amendment can't be challenged or interpreted differently because it can and as DWalt pointed out there are many backdoor ways the antis can make your shooting life hell. TC
Oh and I forgot to add the last time there was a big shortage of mostly primers in Canada as well. I've heard reports that ammo, even 22, is starting to get scarce. Primers are still available right now and oddly I pay around $30.00/K same as you guys.
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