You're taking that quote out of context, if you included the entire section it's pretty clear that both the FPS and the joule requirements be met before it's classified as a firearm.[/QUOTE]
Actually, according to the Criminal Code of Canada, a firearm need only fire a projectile that can cause serious injury or death. The whole point of the 500 fps / energy requirement does not mean that it is not a firearm. It is actually the opposite. It only exempts the firearm from certain sections of the Criminal Code and Firearms act. But it is still a firearm if it can cause serious bodily harm.
If an airsoft gun shoots a .2g bb at 450 fps, and hypothetically thought can cause serious injury, it is considered to be a firearm. Because it fires less than 500 fps though, it is exempt from several sections of the Criminal Code, and much of the Firearms Act.
Maybe I'm not understanding your train of thought on this, and where you are going with it, but the original post was basically wanting faster shooting guns. Bottom line, it doesn't matter what weight you are shooting, or what speed it is flying at... If it can cause serious bodily harm or death, it's a firearm. 1000 fps is just plain silly. And regardless of bb weight, 1000 fps would not exempt a .05g bb from the "Certain weapons deemed not to be firearms" section.
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