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Article #8076Re: Moving: Canada to US; importing personal firearms
From: sqidbait
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 00:00
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In article <6mrmqf$6no@xring.cs.umd.edu>, Bryan Whited <bwhited@pacbell.net> wrote: # # # It sounds like most of the firearms will not be a problem. The two of # biggest concern would be the HK G3A3 and AK84S. I live in California and # a few months ago purchased an Armalite AR-15A2 so that one is not a # problem. Personally I have no idea of what is required of the government # work for the move. Just wanted to let you know that the firearms # shouldn't be a major problem but some will have to be registered. All # handguns coming into California have to be registered and the AK84S # might even be OK but it will have to be registered. [snip] # # # # I realize that I'm not going to be allowed to bring # # all of my firearms into the US. I'm pretty sure # # that my HK G3A3 will have to be left behind. # # # # Not sure about this one. I checked a couple of documents regaurding the # banned firearms and didn't come up with anything that specifically # stated teh G3A3. One of the documents is attached. I'm pretty sure that the G3A3 - which is a registered "converted" full automatic, won't be allowed across the border. [snip] # # What about surplus rifles: Lee Enfields, Swedish # # Mausers, and the like. Will I have to leave these # # behind as well? # # # # This are not a problem. [snip] # # # And then, the miscellaneous: what about bringing # # ammo/primers/powder into the country? Like most # # serious shooters, I have a fair amount of # # ammunition and reloading supplies. # # # # I don't see a problem here. All of this are for sale in the USA. # My understanding is that problems may arise to due import restrictions. I had heard of one gent, who, when he moved to North Carolina from Ontario, had to leave behind a Garand and some ex-military bolt action rifles when going across the border. Thanks for your post! -- Michael -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10004d,53a619a1ecba2893 X-Google-Attributes: gid10004d,public X-Google-Thread: 11081f,53a619a1ecba2893 X-Google-Attributes: gid11081f,public From: sqidbait@planeteer.com Subject: Re: Moving: Canada to US; importing personal firearms Date: 1998/06/25 Message-ID: <6mtqse$cg4@xring.cs.umd.edu> X-Deja-AN: 366006690 Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu References: <6mr2bg$3vo@xring.cs.umd.edu> <6mrmqf$6no@xring.cs.umd.edu> Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Newsgroups: rec.guns,can.talk.guns