Warning on ammo boxes in French?

[Tomahawk674]

I have several 9mm boxes from different makers that have the warnings in English and then in French, and only in those 2 languages, no Spanish, etc.

What's this about? Does the US export lots of ammo to France?

 

[Gadzooks Mike]

Quebec?

 

[jfh]

Or, if not Quebec specifically, then the French is to meet Canadian importing requirements.

Jim H.

 

[Mal H]

What is the brand of the ammo?

There are only two "working" languages used by the UN and it's members - English and French. There are several "official" languages which includes Spanish, but if you want to be positive someone understands you, you will use one of those two languages.

The ammo is probably labeled for export to almost any European/African country.

You would be hard pressed to find anyone in Quebec who couldn't speak fluent English.

 

[John E.]

What jfh said...

 

[toivo]

You would be hard pressed to find anyone in Quebec who couldn't speak fluent English.

Probably true, but Canadian law requires dual-language packaging.

 

[zminer]

Mal H is most likely correct. Unless the ammo is from Canada, the company probably chose the UN's working languages and called it good.

 

[Mikee Loxxer]

Yeah that would be for the French speakers in Canada. Those folks have only been living the St. Lawrence River valley for a mere 350plus years.