Does anyone have a way to change real-media to a different type of file? Her interview is here, I'm told:
http://www.cbc.ca/clips/rm-audio/bc-guns-061218.rm
About banned firearms, it seems that if it ever appeared in a movie it was added to the list. Seriously. And things based off things that are banned are also banned - eg Dragunov is banned because it's based on the AK action:banghead: !
Luckily Service Rifle competitors fought hard and we kept AR15.
There are different forms of Authorization to Transport (ATT). Most common for civilians is for carry in nature of handguns, for trapping or prospecting. Ironically, most admit that carrying a handgun for predator defence is likely a placebo. A shotgun could be carried without the ATT, but unloaded.
Armoured truck drivers and others who work with money can get ATT's, but you have to wear a uniform - just so jewelry store owners don't try and arm themselves.
People with a 'legitimate' fear for their safety can apply too, but the general policy seems to be that if you're not dead by the time they reply to you you don't need it.
The general crime levels, by current bureaucratic interpretation, cannot be used to justify fear - it must be from an identifiable party.
As for using them in self-defence, we've got a right to defend ourselves from grievous bodily harm with the level of force necessary. You can use a firearm or a knife or a log, it doesn't matter. Your collection might be rummaged through afterwards though, because if you have a firearm accessible in a crisis the odds are that you're not following the safe-storage laws - which are designed to prevent just that.