what does prohibited mean on a hand gun reg. form?

[Riding Hulio]

what the title says...can someone please explain, and what is the difference between that and restricted??

Thanks guys!!

[timsesink]

Prohibited menas that unless you have been grandfathered into the licence you can't own it With pistols it's usually due to barrel length. With rifles length and design for full auto come into play.

[sourdough doug]

short barrel

[PoppaW]

Safe Queen.

[junkdude]

Originally Posted by sourdough doug

short barrel

and 25 & 32 cal since they are such deadly dangerous calibers.

[honda450]

Only Rambo would own such weapons the are not to be owned by any Canadian for fear they would be used on a gun control politican. (Lieberal)

What firearms are prohibited?

The Criminal Code defines the following firearms as prohibited:

* automatics, including those that have been converted so that they can only fire one projectile when the trigger is squeezed;
* handguns with a barrel length of 105 mm or less, and handguns that discharge .25 or .32 calibre ammunition, except for a few specific models used in International Shooting Union competitions;.
* rifles and shotguns that have been altered so that their barrel length is less than 457 mm (about 18 inches) or their overall length is less than 660 mm (about 26 inches); or
* any firearm prescribed as prohibited -- These can be found in the fact sheet listing restricted and prohibited firearms.

Who can have prohibited firearms?

You are allowed to possess certain prohibited firearms if you had one registered in your name when it became prohibited and you continuously hold a valid registration certificate for that type of prohibited firearm from December 1, 1998 onward. The Firearms Act refers to this as being “grandfathered”.

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/f...rohibe-eng.htm

[Riding Hulio]

Ok....thanks for the replies guysthere are some terms I do not get so please bare with me.....so hypothical question....let's say someone has *one or more* 'prohibited' firearm(s) be it an assault rifle(semi or fully), semi-auto handgun or....? Could one still reg these if a person came into possesion of these???? *This is all hypothetical* thanks in again for everyones info

[220swifty]

Only if the person registering the gun was legally in possesion of one in the same class since before the law changed in 98.

[fordtruckin]

Originally Posted by junkdude

and 25 & 32 cal since they are such deadly dangerous calibers.

They sure make a good loud BOOM though!

[junkdude]

Originally Posted by Riding Hulio

Ok....thanks for the replies guysthere are some terms I do not get so please bare with me.....so hypothical question....let's say someone has *one or more* 'prohibited' firearm(s) be it an assault rifle(semi or fully), semi-auto handgun or....? Could one still reg these if a person came into possesion of these???? *This is all hypothetical* thanks in again for everyones info

If you don't already have the specific class of prohib on you PAL you are out of luck for getting one. There is one exception which is a pre-1945 handgun registered as a 12.6 to an immediate family member, you can have it transferred to you as a 12.7 (inherited) provided you have a restricted on your PAL.