With a stroke of a pen even a semi-auto shotgun could suffer the same fate...The rcmp was given the power to do this long ago. Imagine a city cop who doesn't have a clue how gun laws work(most don't) somehow finds out you have one...you're arrested, jailed and on your own when it comes to the courts... in all likelihood you will be found innocent but only after tens of thousands in court costs and probably a lost job and home....