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mcguyver · November 15th, 2011, 03:07

It is "and" and not "or". The original law was worded as "or", until 2000 when the RCMP determined that many legal airguns could fire pellets in excess of 500FPS by using lighter-weight, common ammunition. This would have made 30 million estimated airguns in Canada now become a legal disaster. This was the "airgun fix" to bill C-68 and was the inclusion of the muzzle energy requirement. Both requirements must be met. This also works both ways, so that a guy can't claim that a light-load in a 9mm shooting 495 FPS suddenly makes the gun a non-firearm.

It was explained in depth in a Macleans article from 2000.

November 15th, 2011, 03:07	#10
mcguyver Trader rating Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Northern Alberta	It is "and" and not "or". The original law was worded as "or", until 2000 when the RCMP determined that many legal airguns could fire pellets in excess of 500FPS by using lighter-weight, common ammunition. This would have made 30 million estimated airguns in Canada now become a legal disaster. This was the "airgun fix" to bill C-68 and was the inclusion of the muzzle energy requirement. Both requirements must be met. This also works both ways, so that a guy can't claim that a light-load in a 9mm shooting 495 FPS suddenly makes the gun a non-firearm. It was explained in depth in a Macleans article from 2000. __________________ Age verifier Northern Alberta Democracy is two wolves and a sheep discussing what's for dinner. Freedom is the wolves limping away while the sheep reloads. Never confuse freedom with democracy.