member Boges, the AR-15 - the preferred weapon for, uhhh... hunters... ya, hunters! LOL!
it's not, as you say, 'hidden agenda' when CPC/O'Toole has it prominently a part of his own policy platform and reclassification scheme to make it legal again in Canada! Freedom for hunters!!!

Were these weapons also not heavily regulated? It's not like it's legal to carry them in public, like in portions of the US.