This is one huge problem I have had with gun control advocates. In Canada they are basically banning all rifles that look 'military'. The problem? All, and I mean ALL semi-auto rifles now look like that. Even ones that still have wooden furniture like a pre-WW2 era rifle can have them swapped out for black polymer and 'look' modern.

Even lever guns are sporting serious polymer furniture that make them look like sci-fi western guns.

The definition of 'military style' gun was created in the late 80s when your average gun owner was still owning their vintage ww2 surplus rifle (from the 1960s to 70s WW2 era rifles were so common on the market that there wasn't that much room for anything truly new) that had that old school look while all new military rifles had switched to polymers and had protruding pistol grips.

The rhetoric has remained the same despite almost 40 years passing and a lot of basic changes.

[–] zerosignal 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Someone needs to come up with a kit to make an AR look like the rifles at the top

[–] RaoulDook 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

All you have to do is buy a Mini-14 from Ruger instead of an AR to accomplish that.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mini-14 is now prohib in Canada as of 2020. They say they did it because of the Polytechnique shooting in 1989, but they had passed sweeping gun legislation in the 90s already. It is kinda incredible how that shooting is still the number 1 talking point and they've practically competely forgotten about the Nova Scotia shooting in 2020. I think it is because they are well aware that the 2020 shooting was done pretty much entirely with firearms smuggled in from the US. And the one gun that he had that was sourced in Canada the RCMP let him have due to a major league fuckup when they had all the right to just take it.

Also he was forbidden from owning firearms well before the shooting. Despite countless complaints that he had guns and seemed to be planning something fucked, they chose to do nothing, as usual.

[–] PugJesus 5 points 2 weeks ago

It's funny how gun control is a legitimately important issue but some of its biggest and loudest advocates are more interested in looking busy and being 'tough' on guns rather than addressing actual problems.

[–] zerosignal 1 points 2 weeks ago

Too easy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

There already is.

[–] 4lan 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If it is just as capable as an AR-15 then why not just buy that gun?

Hint: it isn't.

[–] DogWater 1 points 2 weeks ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/WA_guns/comments/bld13i/my_california_compliant_ar/?rdt=44855

This should be pretty close save for the ar mag

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