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Originally Posted by Ratters
Does prohibited mean we can no longer transport recreational-use Airsoft toys to and from a reputable Airsoft field?
Are considerations being made for recreational-use owners who have or will need to own memberships at playing fields / Airsoft events to validate time and date of transport?
Can or will prohibited Airsoft items be marked and registered to their specific owner and grandfathered to that owner unless authorized to change ownership via a specific process?
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No, they are not going to be treated like controlled firearms. This bill bans the exchange of airsoft guns, at base. So airsoft guns that the CBSA deems to fall within the new definition (airsoft guns that look like real guns, essentially, whatever the CBSA determines that means) will no longer be permitted to import.
The RCMP firearms program will provide a definition for police about what that new definition means, and if a store is caught selling any airsoft gun that falls within the RCMP definition of prohibited firearm then they would be charged with criminal charges. Anyone caught selling airsoft guns within that definition would be at risk of criminal liability. The "transfer" prohibition
may apply to transporting your currently owned guns to games, though you'd have to be charged to find out if that's the case.
So the bill hasn't yet passed (and is currently nowhere near). Within the bill, there is no consideration whatsoever for people who play airsoft (because they didn't know airsoft existed to the degree that it does). The government has indicated that they do not plan to make any considerations for recreational users of the airsoft guns that we all use for our games. All parties other than the Liberal party have indicated that they would like to make considerations for airsoft in the event that Bill C-21 continues to progress through the legislature.