PDF of the RCMP's Briefing to Steven Blaney Before the Reclassification

[TV-PressPass]

It looks like CBC corrected the 5 year vs 2 year amnesty error I called them out on, and published this little gem:

http://tv-presspass.com/blaney-briefing-notes-swiss-arms.pdf

The RCMP's briefing to the Public Safety Minister regarding the Swiss Arms reclassification.

There is a particularly interesting segment of "strategic considerations."

I would encourage all Canadian gun owners to read this document carefully, as it is at least one of the documents that led to this decision.

Note some of the key names have been redacted, but little else.

So now we know a little bit more about what Blaney knew.

Also interesting that the weird phrase about fully automatics we were hassling CBC for came straight from the RCMP.

And then there's this:

[Strewth]

Well, I appreciate them saying that it would be operationally difficult to notify all the owners of NR Swiss Arms thereby hopefully encouraging the re-re-classification of these firearms.

Nice find TVPP, thanks for posting it up.

[Foxer]

Well, I appreciate them saying that it would be operationally difficult to notify all the owners of NR Swiss Arms thereby hopefully encouraging the re-re-classification of these firearms.

Nice find TVPP, thanks for posting it up.

I wouldn't appreciate it too much - they've been trying to float it as proof that we should go back to a long gun registry. "oh if only these guns were ALL registered we could notify everyone and protect them against accidentally being criminals!"

[killer kane]

Too late, I'm thinking that compliance would be even lower than last tme. As well as a whole lot more guns getting buried.

[Ben]

And there's this little gem "In 2012, the RCMP technically reviewed 3,793 new types/models of firearms in order to form an expert classification opinion and register where appropriate"

3,793?

In 2012 alone?

Really?

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly??

Simple math tells us that's 14.588 different firearms reviewed per day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks straight. No holidays. No statutory days off. No holidays. Nothing. Sweat Camp CFC is what that place must be called.

How many techies work at the CFC lab? 2? 5? 10?

We're talking about full take down inspection here right....

Sigh.

Not only do they take us for complete f'in idiots, but our elected officials as well, not that's very surprising coming from ol' Bill at the CFC though.

[Waynetheman]

And there's this little gem "In 2012, the RCMP technically reviewed 3,793 new types/models of firearms in order to form an expert classification opinion and register where appropriate"

3,793?

In 2012 alone?

Really?

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly??

Simple math tells us that's 14.588 different firearms reviewed per day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks straight. No holidays. No statutory days off. No holidays. Nothing. Sweat Camp CFC is what that place must be called.

How many techies work at the CFC lab? 2? 5? 10?

We're talking about full take down inspection here right....

Sigh.

Not only do they take us for complete f'in idiots, but our elected officials as well, not that's very surprising coming from ol' Bill at the CFC though.

No kidding. Since everytime there's a new interesting gun on the horizon it takes like 2 years for classification, I'm gonna have to go ahead and call bs on their number.

[RobSmith]

Sounds like they're going thru the whole list of non-prohib firearms that look scary (thru a backdoor) to see how they could reclassify them.

And there's this little gem "In 2012, the RCMP technically reviewed 3,793 new types/models of firearms in order to form an expert classification opinion and register where appropriate"

3,793?

In 2012 alone?

Really?

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly??

Simple math tells us that's 14.588 different firearms reviewed per day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks straight. No holidays. No statutory days off. No holidays. Nothing. Sweat Camp CFC is what that place must be called.

How many techies work at the CFC lab? 2? 5? 10?

We're talking about full take down inspection here right....

Sigh.

Not only do they take us for complete f'in idiots, but our elected officials as well, not that's very surprising coming from ol' Bill at the CFC though.

[Mr. Lahey]

Sounds like they're going thru the whole list of non-prohib firearms that look scary (thru a backdoor) to see how they could reclassify them.

Um no. Every new gun that someone tries to import or sell in Canada needs to be classified, because law enforcement needs to know which of the three classifications every gun falls under. There are probably oodles of hunting rifles that get classified as non-prohib in bunches. They probably do dozens of models at a time, and for most non-tactical rifles or shotguns, they make a decision based on the technical documentation rather than a minute disassembly and verification of every part to make sure that the latest shotgun cannot be converted to full-auto.

[harbl_the_cat]

Um no. Every new gun that someone tries to import or sell in Canada needs to be classified, because law enforcement needs to know which of the three classifications every gun falls under. There are probably oodles of hunting rifles that get classified as non-prohib in bunches. They probably do dozens of models at a time, and for most non-tactical rifles or shotguns, they make a decision based on the technical documentation rather than a minute disassembly and verification of every part to make sure that the latest shotgun cannot be converted to full-auto.

Sounds like pointless make work to me.

[harbl_the_cat]

That blurb about "could not be registered or legally imported into Canada, preventing thousands of private purchaes or transfers" is government burecrat-ese for "my job serves no legitimate purpose, but if I throw scary sounding numbers out and puff up how important I am, it might seem like I actually do something useful that justifies the salary I recieve."

Same thing goes with anything pertaining to "public safety."