Just to clear up a few preconceptions, reference the awarding of an American decoration to a Canadian service member , the Canadian Directorate of History and Heritage (DHH) states the Canadian protocol pretty clearly. "Canadian poilcy requires Government approval before an order, decoration or medal can be awarded to one of it's citizens. Otherwise, Canada will not recognize the honour, and it cannot be worn with national honours or on a Canadian Forces (CF) uniform." Now before y'all get in a tizzy over this, consider that this policy was in an attempt by Canada to develop it's own honour system, independant of the honours awarded by the British Monarchy. As Canada evolved as an independant state, it was felt that Canadians needed their own independant system of rewards. However, still having a Queen and all, (who BTW is a babe !!), the DHH states that "The Sovereign is the fount of all Canadian honours. Foreign honours must emanate from a similar level, a head of state or government, to be recognised. Awards originated by some other or lower authority are regarded as private honours. These can be accepted as private momentos only. Except for courtesy reasons at the moment of presentation, they cannot be worn with national honours or on a CF uniform". So, in a nutshell, the Canadian snipers can accept the Bronze Stars as a private reward, but they are not recognised, nor can they be worn on their uniforms unless the Stars are directly issued by the President of the United States. (For more details on this, see
www.dnd.ca/dhh/contacts/engraph/home_e.asp)
PS: The McMillan Bros Tac 50 rifle carries the Canadian Firearms Reference Table Legal Classification of "Non-Restricted" (cross reference FRT # 43512-2). This means that every young downhomer Newf can legally buy and possess their very own sniper rifle, but they needs to catch one "lordy-gawd almighty" pile-o-codfish in order to afford one ...
