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submitted 1 year ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

The RCMP has told owners to turn in what the force is calling fully automatic military surplus firearms after hundreds were misidentified and allowed into Canada for commercial sale.

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[-] 2nsfw2furious@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

Misleading headline - the firearms sold weren't full auto

[-] sik0fewl@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Ya, good catch. The firearms in question were manufactured as full auto, but have been converted into semi automatic. That's not enough to make them legal, I guess.

[-] charliespider@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Because it's likely trivial to convert them back to fully auto, whereas doing so to a weapon that was never intended to be fully auto is likely more difficult.

[-] 2nsfw2furious@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

Because it's likely trivial to convert them back to fully auto

Yeah but that would be illegal so no one would do that right

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The headline is accurate. The bots summary is misleading. Full auto versions were accidentally sold as semi-auto. Two different versions of the same firearm.

[-] 2nsfw2furious@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

Full auto versions were not sold. The firearms in question were converted to semi auto

[-] sik0fewl@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Bots summary?

And the summary and headline basically say the same thing. You have to go a few paragraphs in to understand what they really mean.

[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

The Tavor X95 MSW (Military Surplus) is a restricted variant that is full auto unlike the Tavor X95.

[-] 2nsfw2furious@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

As manufactured, sure. But these were converted to semi auto

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