Letter to Hon. Vic Toews, MP – Repeal of Magazine Capacity Regulations
10 October 2012
Minister of Public Safety
House of Commons
Parliament Bldg.
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
Dear Minister Toews:
Subject: Repeal of Magazine Capacity Regulations
Canada’s National Firearms Association requests that the Conservative government take steps to remove legislative restrictions in the Firearms Act and its related regulations that are unnecessary and have no effect upon public safety.
The restrictions on magazine capacity are such a regulatory problem. Based on anecdotal evidence, Canada’s National Firearms Association estimates that there are tens of thousands of people who are not in compliance with the regulations that limit standard capacity magazine size for pistols and centre-fire semi-automatic rifles. Our organization believes that there are hundreds of thousands of these magazines in the hands of Canadian firearms owners, many of whom are not even aware that these magazines are prohibited. While these magazine capacity restrictions do not affect the actions of criminals, they have placed many people into non-compliance with a law that provides a significant criminal penalty for having a magazine that can hold more than 10 shots for a pistol and over five for a semi-automatic centre-fire rifle. Several common firearms are designed to use standard capacity magazines with capacities well above those arbitrary limits imposed by a previous government.
Yours truly,
