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Chief Firearms Officers Attack Ammunition and Reloading

Following is a presentation made by Deputy Chief Firearms Officer Tony (A.J.) Cooper to the Chief Firearms Officers across Canada. You can clearly see the agenda towards increased, oppressive ammunition regulation. This is a "Must-Read" for all Canadian firearms owners. Download the PDF or PowerPoint documents below.

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* Note: This presentation was made without the knowledge or consultation of Natural Resources Canada - Explosives Branch, the Canadian government agency that currently regulates ammunition and reloading.

More: Deputy Chief Firearms Officer Cooper advocates licenses for reloading components. Following is the story from the CBC.

Handmade ammunition legal in Canada

Buying ammunition in Canada requires a firearms licence, but some people make their own ammunition, and gun and gang experts say that has led to a black market in the sale of bullets.

"It would be nice if people had to have a licence to buy the components; currently they don't," said Deputy Chief Tony Cooper of the Ontario Firearms Office.

If you're over 18, it's legal to buy all the components needed to make bullets — primers, gunpowder, casings and bullet tips. For about $100, a person can buy enough supplies to make 1,000 "hand-load" homemade bullets.

"It's very common … for people to hand-load. I would say it's been something that's been done for a couple of hundred years," said Cooper.

He says hand-load bullets are commonly used by hunters and target shooters.

The fear is the hand-load bullets will get into the hands of the wrong people.

Cooper said "it's the exception, certainly not the rule," but it is a concern.

No one knows how many hand-load bullets make it onto the streets because there has never been an audit of casings from crime scenes.