'It's a paperweight now': Why the Mounties' ban of popular rifle led to so much pushback | Unpublished
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Publication Date: July 19, 2025 - 04:00

'It's a paperweight now': Why the Mounties' ban of popular rifle led to so much pushback

July 19, 2025

When it comes to Canada's often tense debate around gun laws, most Canadians likely will not have heard of an RCMP database called the Firearms Reference Table, or FRT. But to gun enthusiasts, it's an "incredibly contentious subject."



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