Previous thread got too large, that can be found here: https://old.reddit.com/r/canadaguns/comments/gbjyuz/canada_gazette_part_2_volume_154_number_3/
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Here is the link to the text of the new ban: Canada Gazette, Part 2, Volume 154, Number 3: Regulations Amending the Regulations Prescribing Certain Firearms and Other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited, Restricted or Non-Restricted
There is a separate thread here centered more around Canadian Firearm's organization's response to the ban announcement, statements, etc. May have information you will find useful. https://www.reddit.com/r/canadaguns/comments/gchh2t/list_of_canadian_firearms_advocacy_groups_post/
I only ask because there appears to be no empirical data to support that 10 rounds is effective at stopping crime or limiting harm in school shootings like Newton, CT.
Even the report written by the commission investigating the Virginia Tech Shooting admitted that such a limitation would accomplish nothing (pg.87)...
So why bother?
In firearms history humanity spent about 200 years using breech loaders and black powder, meaning someone poured powder down the barrel of a gun, tamped it down, inserted the bullet or ball and tamped it down. On the battlefield it took people an average of 4-6 minutes to reload. Then around the 1850's the modern bullet shape appeared, and individualized pre-packaged paper containers of powder cutting the reloading time in half, (2-3 minutes). Finally, in 1882 the copper-jacketed bullet is invented.
How does warfare change if the individualized pre-packaged paper containers of powder were invented earlier, say the 30 years war?
Seeing as how Alchemical cartridges were shot and black powder wrapped in paper, would they have any effect when used with modern firearms? Can they even be used at all?
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