Firearms activist loses landmark battle

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"Firearms activist loses landmark battle
By Quinn Bender - Smithers Interior News - March 26, 2008


“It may not be a 32 calibre handgun, but it holds a .32 calibre cartridge,” Milne said. “The reasons here to me seem to say, you’re out of luck. He’s dealt with it.”

Hromatka, not letting up, challenged the math of the gun registry that designated the pistol a .32 calibre. Exasperated, he asked Milne whether the public should accept rulings that state “two plus two equals five.”

Milne replied: “If the Supreme Court says that, they’re right.”

Hromatka asserts the 7.65 millimetre handgun is not a .32 calibre prohibited pistol, but a .30 calibre restricted pistol, which after modifications he can legally possess. The incorrect designation he said was essentially caused by the conversion from its European metric classification of millimetres to the American imperial standard of calibre.

http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/Firearms_activist_loses_landmark_battle.html

7.65mm divided by 25.4mm (1 inch) = .301 inches. Thats 30 caliber. Someone correct me if my math is wrong.


Clearly not 32 caliber...


I like what the former police officer has to say - "It’s a matter of principle,...I don’t need the gun"...but then I suppose hes just another gun nut :sarcasm:

This case is kind of a head shaker imo.