Lever Arms LA-K12 Puma
The Index's first shotgun entry. A semi-auto bullpup whose Canadian-importer story is the case for tracking shotguns under the same methodology.
Is the Lever Arms LA-K12 Puma banned in Canada? Yes. The Lever Arms LA-K12 Puma is prohibited in Canada. It was named in SOR/2025-86 (March 2025). If you owned one before the deadline, confirm whether it appears on the federal Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program list. The current amnesty for prohibited firearms expires 90 days after the latest Supreme Court appeal termination under SOR/2026-114.
Classification: Prohibited · OIC/SOR: SOR/2025-86 · Ban-Risk: Already Gone · Compensation: Confirm federal list · Amnesty: SCC appeals + 90 days
Verdict
The Lever Arms LA-K12 Puma is the Ban-Risk Index's first shotgun entry — added on 2026-05-27 when the scope expanded to cover shotguns as a class. Lever Arms Service Ltd. is a Vancouver, BC-based importer that branded the Norinco K12 bullpup shotgun for the Canadian market in 2014. The "LA" in the model is the importer's prefix, not "lever-action" — the LA-K12 is a semi-automatic gas-piston bullpup, the same operating principle as a modern AR-style rifle but in a 12-gauge platform. SOR/2025-86 named it on March 7, 2025 alongside the Canuck Spectre, the Derya FD12, and the Ranger Bullpup — every bullpup shotgun on the Canadian market in one stroke. The rubric reads cleanly at 12/15. The entry's other purpose is methodological: it tests whether the rubric framework can score shotguns. The answer, on this entry, is yes — though the calibre dimension needs a shotgun-aware reading in future entries.
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Lineage
Parents: Norinco K12 (Chinese-made, never separately marketed in Canada outside the Lever Arms partnership)
Siblings: Canuck Spectre (Turkish-made bullpup 12 ga, prohibited SOR/2025-86), Derya FD12 (prohibited), Ranger Bullpup (prohibited)
Derived: LA-K12 Gen 2
Primary sources for this entry
- Canada Gazette — SOR/2025-86 — Canada Gazette. accessed 2025-03-26
- Lever Arms Service Ltd. — LA-K12 Puma product page — Manufacturer. accessed 2026-05-27
- Norinco K12 Puma — Calibre Magazine review — Canada Gazette. accessed 2026-05-27
- 1. The rubric is currently rifle-centric on the calibre dimension. Want me to draft an explicit "shotgun-aware calibre band" amendment for the methodology page before Batch 3, or hold that as a v1.1 question and proceed with the current framework? — Manufacturer. accessed 2026-05-27
- 2. Batch 2's market-loss entries (JRC, M10X) tell two different Canadian-market stories. Batch 3 candidates with similar weight: Black Creek Labs SRV2 Badger (BC manufacturer, fully Canadian), Prairie Gun Works Direwolf (Manitoba precision platform), Crusader Arms (Canadian PCC). Want all three Canadian manufacturers in Batch 3, or distribute across multiple batches? — Manufacturer. accessed 2026-05-27
- 3. The shotgun-class expansion needs at least two more entries to read as a real expansion rather than a single test case. Canuck Spectre and Derya FD12 are the obvious next two. Both in Batch 3? — Manufacturer. accessed 2026-05-27
Safety note: the Ban-Risk Index is editorial estimation, not legal advice or a substitute for current official guidance. The classification field reflects current RCMP FRT status as of the last-scored date. For any transfer, surrender, deactivation, or transport question, consult primary RCMP / Public Safety Canada sources and, where appropriate, a Canadian firearms lawyer.
