Marstar Canada: Automatic Weapons FAQ

[Automatic Weapons]: Frequently Asked Questions
Q.	Oh my God! Those aren’t REAL machine guns, are they?
A.	Yes, as a matter of fact they are real live machine guns. They do work.
Q.	WHY do you have machine guns? I thought NOBODY could have machine guns!
A.	With a very few exceptions you are absolutely right. Private Canadian citizens are generally NOT allowed to own machine guns. The military, museums, and police departments (SWAT teams) DO have machine guns. Ever wonder where they got them from? You’ve found the source.
Q.	You are selling MACHINE GUNS over the Internet?!
A.	NO. There is NO way to buy any of our firearms through our web site or over the Internet, PERIOD. We are only displaying what our company has to offer to licensed purchasers, and there is a whole transaction process with mandatory involvement of the Canadian Firearms Centre (federal firearms registrar).
Q.	If you’re NOT selling machine guns over the Internet, how ARE you selling them?
A.	Qualified purchasers (police, military, etc.) contact us with their official documents. We forward those documents to the RCMP (federal police) and the Canadian Firearms Centre (federal registrar), who make sure said documents are legitimate and valid. The C.F.C. then talk to us and directly to the purchaser and, once satisfied everything is in order, the C.F.C. approve the sale and transfer.
Q.	Can I buy a machine gun?
A.	If you are Canadian: Probably not, unless you have special licenses issued to you by the Canadian government that specifically permit the acquisition of machine guns (a class of prohibited weapons).
	If you are American: contact your local office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (A.T.F.) as we can NOT send any Class III firearm or part to the United States without first receiving an A.T.F. approved Form 6 import permit from you (we will verify any permit received with the A.T.F.).
	Everyone Else: talk to your local officials or police.
Q.	What about foreign clients? Can just anyone outside Canada buy machine guns?
A.	NO. In addition to the procedures outlined in the last question, we must receive an import permit from the purchaser (for their country) and we must also file for an EXPORT PERMIT with Foreign Affairs Canada before sending anything out. This means we can only conduct business with those countries and organizations approved by Canadian and International law.
Q.	Not to say you’re unethical, but what (besides morals) stops you from “skipping the paperwork?”
A.	Every firearm we have in inventory, including the many ‘non-restricted’ and ‘restricted’ firearms we CAN sell to regular license holders, is passed through Canada Customs inspection and subsequently registered to us upon entering Canada. Our inventory is subject to inspection by the government, who are aware at all times of EXACTLY how many of every firearm we have along with their serial numbers. If something is sold, the paperwork MUST accompany it and also be in our and the government's records. Our inventory is so carefully monitored by the federal government we have two computers linked directly with Royal Canadian Mounted Police HQ in Ottawa (Cdn. equivalent of the U.S. F.B.I. and the A.T.F.). To summarize: federal government agencies personally involve themselves in, supervise, and approve each and every transaction we make.
Final Note: Marstar Canada has been specially licensed by the Canadian government to handle, buy, sell, import, export, and service all types of firearms, including automatic weapons. We are in many cases the only company in Canada licensed to offer certain products and services.
Further information on the licensing of firearms dealers in Canada can be obtained through the Canadian (Federal) Firearms Centre at http://www.cfc.gc.ca. Their toll-free number is 1-800-731-4000

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