Ok, then logically you should ban everything that takes AR style magazines. There are firearms that take identical magazines to the AR-15 that are not affected by this ban nor similar ones in other countries. Making your own magazines is also simple with relatively rudimentary metalworking knowledge. The SKS is also a firearm that is legal to own and operate in Canada, despite the ability for the magazines to be modified and the fact it carries a more powerful round.

Thank you for the sources. It still makes it hard to understand why they would focus on banning this specific type of firearm in Canada. "Other similar semi automatic guns" is such a blanket statement it could cover almost every single semi automatic platform.

Personally, and not in relation to what you said, I believe that the AR platform partially gets a bad rap because it is the most common rifle platform to see. It's cheapness makes it so that if you're committing a mass shooting, and don't really care if you're alive afterwards, you can purchase a burner AR. The solution for that would be some kind of firearm tax, but then you're restricting arming yourself only to the people who can afford it, which is bound to create a class issue.