Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:38:59 -0600 (CST) From: "David A. Tomlinson" Subject: NFA comments on the Firearms Act implementation schedule > Following a review of the proposed set of regulations by both > Houses (House of Commons and Senate) the final regulations will be > made as law (expected early 1998) > > Beginning in February 1998, the Canadian Firearms Centre will > start a comprehensive information campaign to inform all target > audiences that starting October 1st, 1998, the new Act comes into > effect. TILT! If C-68 "comes into effect" on 01 Oct 98, how can "regulations" be made under the authority of C-68 BEFORE 01 Oct 98? > [INLINE] On June 1st, 1998, all businesses will start to register the > firearms in their inventory on the registry system. Between June 1st, > 1998 and October 1st, 1998, the Firearms Centre's processing site will > start inputting data and can receive advance information from firearms > businesses that want to record their inventories on the system prior > to the first day of implementation. TILT! How can registration begin before C-68 "comes into effect" on 01 Oct 98? > [INLINE] Firearms owners can, on a voluntary basis over the next 4 > years beginning October 1st, 1998, register the firearms they already > owned. On December 31st, 2002, all firearms must be registered. The new practice of registering only the "frame or receiver" is causing the Liberals severe problems, as it is usually not possible to tell which class a firearm registered that way falls into -- and the rules for transfers are based on which class the firearm falls into. That is a pity -- but our expert assistance in drafting a law that would be workable was firmly rejected by the "experts" in Anne McLellan's Department of Justice. The new practice of registering by filling in all blanks on the Application to Register with "UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN..." is also causing the Liberals severe problems. That is not OUR fault. It is simply what the law requires. We have to obey the law -- BUT SO DO THEY, AND THE NFA WILL HOLD THEIR NOSES TO IT. > [INLINE] Registration Fees for any number of firearms you own are on a > sliding scale. > > Registration Fees > October 1st, 1998 > to > September 30th, 1999 > $10.00 Remember: The fee being charged can be changed at any time, without warning, and without Parliament looking at the new fees [FA s. 117(p) and 119(1)]. > October 1st, 1999 > to > June 30th, 2000 > = > $14.00 > > On > or > after July 1 st, 2000 > = > $18.00 Anyone who thinks that the fees above and below are ACTUALLY going to STAY at the levels described above until "July 1 st, 2000" is living in cloud-cuckoo land. > [INLINE] Licencing fees schedules for possession only licences are on > a similar sliding scale. For example: > The possession-only licence (most common type) will cost: > October 1st, 1998 > to > September 30th, 1999 > = > $10.00 > > October 1st, 1999 > to > June 30th, 2000 > = > $45.00 > > On > or > after July 1 st, 2000 > = > $60.00 > By January 1st, 2001, FAC's will cease to be valid. Therefore you have > until December 31st, 2000 to obtain a new licence. An FAC is a record of a contract between the buyer and the government. The government here proposes to abrogate the contract, in direct defiance of the law [FA s. 120(3)(a)]. It also proposes to alter the legislation [FA s. 120(3)(a)] by issuing an Order in Council. The NFA will fight government's attempts to do so. Dave Tomlinson, NFA FOCUS: Is this another demonstration of the arrogance, ignorance and incompetence of Minister of Justice Anne McLellan and her merry bureaucrats?