FOG BLOG CANADA LOG: BILL C21 AND CHANGES TO THE CANADIAN GUN LAWS!

Ottawa's proposed firearms law could extend to airsoft guns Police chief says it's hard to tell difference between real and replica guns at a glance Airsoft guns — air-powered replica guns that shoot plastic pellets — are a hobby for some and a business for others, but Canada's proposed gun law could put an end to both.

Bill C-21, as originally drafted, was designed to ban handguns. Now Ottawa says the prohibition could apply to importing, exporting and selling unregulated replicas that look like modern firearms.

Ken Cheung, owner of 007 Airsoft in Calgary, said many of the products in his shop, which he has been running for the past 25 years, would be considered too realistic under the law if the bill is passed. Cheung's business also supplies prop guns for the movie industry, most recently the Alberta-filmed The Last of Us.

"If the bill passes the way that it is — that would mean the end of airsoft," he said.