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restricted weapon
DCHP-2 (Mar 2013)
n. — especially Administration, Law
a firearm that is strictly licensed and may only be operated by licensed users under specific conditions.
Type: 5. Frequency — Restricted weapon is a legal classification set out in the Canadian Firearms Act and the Canadian Criminal Code. The term was legally defined in the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1968-69, and it was stated that for restricted weapons, a registry should be set up so that a "record of every firearm can be kept" (see the 1970 quotation).
COD-2 marks the term "Cdn".
COD-2 marks the term "Cdn".
See: long gun registry
Usage in New Zealand is high (see Chart 1) since there the term restricted weapon is also used for a legally-defined category of weapons.
Quotations
1967
Restricted weapons would include hand guns and fully automatic firearms. [...]
The new law would provide for the keeping of records of manufacture, sale and importation and repair of restricted weapons.
At present, a retailer of firearms needs a permit. It is proposed to make repairers of firearms and pawnbrokers who accepted restricted weapons to take out permits.
1970
Certain weapons are classified as absolutely "prohibited" (s. 82 (c)) while others are "restricted" (s. 82 (g)). Registration certificates are required for "restricted" weapons (s. 91) and a registry is to be set up so that a record of every firearm can be kept (s. 98).
1973
Regina v Robert A. Gould Appeal by accused in person from sentence to imprisonment for 2 years imposed Dec. 19, 1972, by Provincial Judge H. D. Foster at Toronto, upon conviction of accused on charge of possession of restricted weapon and four counts of theft under $200. Appellant in person. C. Scuillon for Crown. Appeal dismissed.
1976
Q. What then is a "restricted" weapon?
A. A restricted weapon, under the proposed law will be any firearm designed, altered, or intended to be aimed and fired by the action of one hand; [...] All restricted weapons must be registered with the
police (this is also true under the current law) and the only reasons for ownership of this type of weapon which will be accepted will be protection of
life;
1981
Ronald Baron, 30, an unemployed, single man, has been charged with possession of explosives, possession of restricted weapons and importing prohibited weapon parts into Canada.
1996
Under current regulations, automatic and semiautomatic assault rifles, i.e. AK-47, are prohibited weapons and cannot be possessed or legally sold in Canada. A sawed-off shotgun is also a restricted weapon.
2001
Owners of prohibited handguns will have until Dec. 31, 2002 to get rid of them, the Justice Department said today.
People who own unregistered restricted weapons will have another year to register them.
"Our goal is to work with firearms users while ensuring public safety," Justice Minister Anne McLellan said in a statement.
2008
Day said military assault weapons like AK-47s are already prohibited and the Conservatives have toughened up the screening process for restricted weapons like the 9-mm rifle used in the Dawson College shooting.
2008
As of last week, the attorney general's office said there were 240,000 restricted or prohibited firearms in Ontario.
Restricted weapons include handguns used for target shooting, while prohibited firearms include automatic weapons that predate gun laws so ownership is protected by a grandfather clause.
There are an additional 1.8 million registered weapons, such as hunting rifles and shotguns for use in rural areas.
2013
One of the officers followed the bystander into the shopping centre, where a handgun was located.
Langthorne was charged with three firearms counts - possession of a prohibited weapon without a licence, knowingly possessing a firearm without a licence and possession of a prohibited, restricted weapon with ammunition.
References
- COD-2
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