You mean there's still private gun ownership in Canada?:thumbup:
I thought the Mounties were supposed to collect them all a year or two back.
YES! LOTS
We have 3 classes of firearms, Prohibited,Restricted,Non-Restricted
Non-Restricted firearms requires that you take a firearms safety course and send in some forms to the government and at witch point they do a background check on you and a few months later you get a nice little pink card that lets you buy/own Non-Restricted firearms and purchase ammunition.
a Non-restricted firearms generally are long arms like hunting rifles and shotguns. however some long guns are prohibited or restricted simply cause they look scary or someone didn't like the name of it, cause there ain't no other reasoning.
To acquire Restricted firearms, you have to take another course in addition to the previous course you already took, send some more forms to the government and wait another month or more for them to send you a new card with a restricted endorsement.
Restricted firearms are generally Handguns, A semi-automatic, center-fire firearm with a barrel length less than 470 mm that is not a prohibited firearm; A firearm that can fire after being reduced, by folding, telescoping or otherwise, to an overall length of less than 660 mm; and you also need something called an ATT or Authorization to transport for your restricted firearms. you are only allowed to transport restricted firearms from your house to the gun range and thats it. and in order to the do that you have to send in a bunch more forms to the government wait a couple weeks for them to send you a piece of paper that lets take the gun home and then you need to get another one to be able to take it out shooting.
You can no longer acquire prohibited status guns unless you are grandfathered into that license. basically what that means is when these firearms where band you already possessed them so the government lets people keep and sell them amognst themselves. there are several different classes of grandfathering though.
Prohibited firearms are automatics, including those that have been converted so that they can only fire one projectile when the trigger is squeezed;
handguns with a barrel length of 105 mm (4.1 inches) or less, and handguns that discharge .25 or .32 caliber ammunition, except for a few specific models used in International Shooting Union competitions;.
rifles and shotguns that have been altered so that their barrel length is less than 457 mm (about 18 inches) or their overall length is less than 660 mm (about 26 inches); and then there is other stuff thats banned just cause someone somewhere felt people didn't really need that, even though it should be legal based on it's specs.
you are not allowed to carry a pistol at all even on your own property. the only way to get an exception to this is to get a "wilderness carry permit" but the only people they will issue them too are trappers and forestry workers.
yes you can shoot on public land but only with non restricted.
I should also mention that there is a mag cap law of 5 rounds for a semi-auto center fire rifle or shotgun. no mag limit for bolt action rifles and no mag limits for rimfire guns.
oh and all your guns have to be registered. and you have to renew your license every 5 years and if you forget and it expires the RCMP can come a seize your guns and throw you in jail.
not a real nice environment for firearms owners eh?
