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Canadian gun laws
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Ordinary rifles and shotguns are not restricted. Handguns are heavily restricted in Canada. Handguns have weird restrictions related to barrel length (need to have barrel more than about 4" long and be a large caliber). I believe you need a license for any handgun and the handgun must still be registered.
Non-ordinary rifles have barrels less than 18 inches and are semi-auto. There are other OAL restrictions that may apply as well. I believe there is a 5 round mag limit for semi-auto rifles and 10 rounds for handguns.
These laws make it tough to drive from WA to AK with a handgun, which is why many will ship their handgun from their home state to AK and pick it up once they arrive.
Non-ordinary rifles have barrels less than 18 inches and are semi-auto. There are other OAL restrictions that may apply as well. I believe there is a 5 round mag limit for semi-auto rifles and 10 rounds for handguns.
These laws make it tough to drive from WA to AK with a handgun, which is why many will ship their handgun from their home state to AK and pick it up once they arrive.
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bdb
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You can never carry a handgun or shoot it outdoors or at any location other than a range. By low you can only travel from your home, or where the handgun is stored to the registered range and back again, no stops no deviating from route. No stopping at the grocery store for example. At least this is how I remember it but then again I haven't lived there since '97
As you know, in addition to U.S. federal law, each U.S. state has it's own criminal laws and it's own gun laws; in Canada, criminal laws are exclusively federal and gun laws, for better or worse, are within the Criminal Code of Canada.
In Canada, firearms are categorized into non-restricted, restricted, grandfathered prohibited, non-grandfathered prohibited, antique, and replica. Every individual or company possessing a firearm must be licensed with a valid firearms license or a valid firearms declaration form. There is no reciprocity with other states. There is no exemption for air-powered or black-powder firearms. Canadian federal law dictates how firearms may be handled, transported, carried, used, and stored, and also regulates the approval and operation of shooting ranges and the approval and operation of shooting clubs. All lawful activity involving firearms and/or shooting is highly regulated, both jointly and separately, by both federal and (the respective) provincial governments. Government agencies - and government agents, in the course of their employment - are exempted from these requirements, naturally, and are covered by their own (less-onerous) public agency regulations and policies.
I would encourage you to plan a trip to Canada, with a firearm, for either target shooting or hunting, or both, to help you better understand the impact of Canada's firearms laws and regulations on the law-abiding firearms user.
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105mm.
Some small calibers are OK (I think .22 survived); .25acp is in the category of "prohibited grandfathered".
Semi autos: 10 round limit (handguns); 5 (rifles/shotguns); no grandfathering. There is a permit process for high cap mags, but it was a decoy to squash opposition while the law was passed, with the official policy being "after balancing the needs of sportsmens and public safety, it has been decided that no such permits will be issued".
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roadkillrob
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It sucked, one more reason I moved here 20 years ago!
I suspect its a concealability issue or someone justified the larger calibers (e.g., .44 mag and up) as being necessary for wilderness defense.
Quiet
Banned
Well it's good to know if we want the Oil Sands we can just get together a "group buy" of NES'ers and just take them. Montreal and the rest of the Quebecois would be first, Oh wait: I think they've now already officially surrendered.
Holding them might be more difficult.
Holding them might be more difficult.
