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This is law and fact. I am a verifier and along the way have had dozens of weapons deactivated. Although it is not widely known or accepted, prohibited or restricted weapons if "found"cannot simply be welded and thought of as deactivated. They must first be registered and then deactivated by an approved gunsmith or deactivator on the OPP list. Each Chief firearms office has a list and it is available on request. The catch 22 is of course that prohibiteds such as MG's, smg's, lugers etc are not registerable if not already grandfathered to you. If you weld it and there is a "turn in for inspection", if you could not prove legal deactivation it is subject to seizure and would be. None of this applies, of course to ordnance (cannon & artillery) as they are not registerable. However one interesting note is that thanks to
a local big time collector all .50 cal ammo possession lets one open to a possession of explosives charge. Also note that it is illegal to posses full auto parts such as auto select fire switches,
trigger groups etc UNLESS they are spares for a weapon you own which is registered. Don't forget prohibited devices includes big mags (over 5 rd. ) for any smg OR BREN. Exceptions of course are .22 stick mags, enfield mags, garands and 100 round Bren Drum mags.
On that happy note I'll leave.
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