[L473ncy]

There actually is no law (the 18+ on the box is only a suggestion) but pretty much everyone around the world agrees upon it and therefore it's been enacted as policy (much like ESRB and the "M" rating most stores have policies to sell to 17+ but it is not illegal (in a criminal sense) to sell to people under 17 just against most stores policies). Canadian Tire POLICY is to sell to 18+ but they are not breaking the law by selling to minors (except in Ontario) they are however breaking store policy and the employee may be disciplined or terminated.

PS: I don't believe minors can do that any more (FAC), I believe they must demonstrate they have a *need* for it to sustain themselves (and their family) through hunting (ie. in remote areas of Canada and north of 60 not in inner city/suburbs/exurbs where they have a "Minors License" and have to have an adult with a PAL supervise them while discharging firearms).

I'm not trying to justify it, I think what they're doing is bad (and defeats the general consensus that their frontal lobes have not developed to the point they can make logical/good choices) but I feel that we really need to define the difference between "store policy" and law.