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𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧?

Recent RCMP Procurement Requests Raise Questions About Canada’s Firearm Prohibition Process

More questions, fewer answers.

In recent weeks, retailers across Canada have reportedly received requests from the RCMP’s Specialized Firearms Support Services (SFSS) seeking quotations for purchase to supply various firearms for testing purposes. The request, dated June 2026, states that the firearms would be acquired by the RCMP as agency firearms for testing and reference collection.

The list?

A who’s who of firearms that have recently found themselves on Canada’s ever-expanding prohibited list.

Ordinarily, a procurement request like this would attract little attention. However, in the context of ongoing firearm prohibitions and reclassifications, the timing raises an uncomfortable question:

Are firearms being prohibited before the RCMP has had an opportunity to physically examine them?

The possibility that firearms could be prohibited first and examined later is not as far-fetched as some might suggest. Canada’s firearms classification system has long been criticized for its lack of transparency, inconsistent application of technical criteria, and reliance on administrative determinations that are often based simply on looks.

Now, if the RCMP is actively attempting to acquire examples of firearms that have already been prohibited or subjected to classification decisions, Canadians are entitled to ask why.

Are authorities attempting to acquire firearms after the fact to support decisions that have already been made?

We are not asserting that this is what happened.

We are, however, stating that the available information creates an appearance problem that demands clarification.

And if history has taught Canada’s firearms community anything, it is that skepticism toward opaque classification decisions is not only understandable—it is more often than not, justified.

This is not the first time firearm owners have questioned the process by which classifications and prohibitions have been reached. Over the years, numerous classification decisions have generated controversy due to shifting interpretations, inconsistent reasoning, and limited transparency regarding the testing and evaluation process itself.

Until that clarification is provided, one uncomfortable possibility remains difficult to dismiss:

What if our inference of their “ban now, test later” method is the new standard operating procedure?

For the record, the list of firearms – many, just run-of-the-mill shotguns – is requested as follows:

(All fall within firearms that were prohibited by regulation – Order in Council / regulatory amendment – rather than by individual FRT reclassification.

Specifically, the vast majority of these were added in the March 2025 expansion of prohibited firearms.)

1. Armed SF12 (FRN 189043)
2. Armed Stryker (FRN 188265)
3. Asena Asena (FRN 158366)
4. Best Arms BA912 (FRN 189302)
5. Landor Arms BPX 902 (FRN 195484)
6. Derya Arms MK10 (FRN 141381)
7. Escort Escort Raider (FRN 163746)
8. Final Defense FD12 (FRN 184544)
9. True North Arms ROS-1 (FRN 197051)
10. Hunt Group MH-S (FRN 196421)
11. Lever Arms LA-K12 Puma (FRN 146276)
12. Omega Weapons Systems SPS-12 (FRN 91835)
13. Tokarev USA TBP12 (FRN 197355)
14. Revolution Armory Titan K78 (FRN 195159)
15. SRM Arms Model 12 (FRN 139318)
16. Standard Manufacturing SKO (FRN 186062)
17. Tomahawk G3 (FRN 164329)
18. Tomahawk W11 (FRN 164337)
19. Torun Arms TS H-1 (FRN 159406)
20. Uzkon Typhoon ARS12 (FRN 169004)
21. Uzkon UNG-12 (FRN 170082)