Public Safety committee  It means that the selection of firearms for the new schedule, in clause 97 onwards, are based on the characteristics of the firearm, of which the calibre is but one factor, and that a firearm may merit inclusion on the list even though it is chambered for a rimfire calibre.

Public Safety committee  There would be no impact.

Public Safety committee  Broadly speaking, there would be no impact. It's theoretically possible that someone could make a muzzle-loading variant of an AR-15, which would be captured as a variant, but that's highly unlikely. Generally speaking, no, they would not be affected.

Public Safety committee  They're still subject to all the other rules and regulations for firearms, but this particular series of amendments that are before the committee would not impact muzzle-loading firearms in any significant fashion.

Public Safety committee  Sure, the terms “rimfire” and “centrefire” refer to how a cartridge is constructed. In the case of centrefire ammunition, the primer is located in the centre of the cartridge base, hence centrefire, and the primer consists of a small capsule of shock-sensitive explosive that is i

Public Safety committee  Rimfire cartridges are, for practical reasons, these days limited to what are ordinarily called .22s, so a .22 long, .22 short, .22 long rifle, .22 Magnum, and perhaps a few other cartridges as well. There's a .17 calibre rimfire, for instance. There are a handful of cartridges t

Public Safety committee  For centrefire there is no limit, really. The centrefires range from very small calibres to huge military calibres.

Public Safety committee  I believe you are referring to schedule 2 and clause 97 onwards. Yes, there are some rimfires mentioned in those sections.

Public Safety committee  The firearms that are in that list are based on the same criteria as the May 2020 list, except that the conditions of modern manufacture or modern design and large quantities present in Canada have been removed. Those criteria from May 2020 do not draw a distinction between firea

Public Safety committee  Again, I'm still not sure exactly what kinds of firearms you're referring to. Are you referring to the firearms in the schedules?

Public Safety committee  It depends on how the magazine was modified, but the most common way of modifying magazines is to install a pin. I'm using the word “pin” very large. It could be a pop rivet. It could be an actual pin, or it could be a screw that's welded in. There are a variety of ways of puttin

Public Safety committee  The law is intended to limit magazine capacity to five cartridges, so if a magazine is modified to hold only five cartridges to be compliant with the law and is easily reversed back to its original state, then it would be relatively easy for someone to defeat the intent of that p

Public Safety committee  I apologize, sir, but when my microphone is on, I can't hear a thing you're saying.

Public Safety committee  I can only speak to that very broadly, because that's really out of my lane. Broadly speaking, hunters are required to take a course and to pass a test in order to get a hunting licence.

Public Safety committee  Black powder is a generic term these days, and it refers to propellants that were used in historical firearms, so those before the existence of cartridges. These are the muzzle-loading firearms, where the hunter, or the shooter in general, had to manually load the powder, which w