DCHP-2

restricted weapon DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• n. — especially Administration, Law

  a firearm that is strictly licensed and may only be operated by licensed users under specific conditions.

  Type: 5. Frequency — Restricted weapon is a legal classification set out in the Canadian Firearms Act and the Canadian Criminal Code. The term was legally defined in the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1968-69, and it was stated that for restricted weapons, a registry should be set up so that a "record of every firearm can be kept" (see the 1970 quotation).
  COD-2 marks the term "Cdn".

  See also: long gun registry  

  • Usage in New Zealand is high (see Chart 1) since there the term restricted weapon is also used for a legally-defined category of weapons.