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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 801737" data-attributes="member: 23950">Where did I mention rifles ?Of course we hunt here, but all handguns in Canada are either prohibited or restrictedAnd, like I wrote earlier, fully automatic guns are illegal.Magazines for restricted handguns can only have a 10 round capacity max, for long guns 5 rounds max.Anyways, it&#039;s a little complicated here to even own or purchase a gun.We need to do a Canadian Safety and Firearms course first, then require a possesion and aquisition licence (that also expires like a Driver&#039;s License, every 5 years).Even buying Ammu here, requires a firearms licence.All in all, too much of a hassle to own a gun here, unless someone is really into the sport or hunting.But, just to have it sit at home for illegal self defense usage, it&#039;s not worth it.Any use of a firearm against a human, even in self-defense, is likely to be prosecuted as a crime in Canada. For that matter, use of any weapon against a human is likely to be a crime, pepperspray included.Canadian hunting regulations are outside the scope of this document; however note that it is definitely forbidden to hunt with a handgun or otherwise use a handgun against wildlife.In general, the only legal uses for restricted or prohibited firearms (including all handguns) are for collection purposes and recreational/competition target shooting.The above should pretty much sum it up, why most of us don&#039;t own handguns.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="klein, post: 801737, member: 23950"] Where did I mention rifles ? Of course we hunt here, but all handguns in Canada are either prohibited or restricted And, like I wrote earlier, fully automatic guns are illegal. Magazines for restricted handguns can only have a 10 round capacity max, for long guns 5 rounds max. [COLOR=navy][COLOR=#000000]Anyways, it's a little complicated here to even own or purchase a gun.[/COLOR][/COLOR] We need to do a Canadian Safety and Firearms course first, then require a possesion and aquisition licence (that also expires like a Driver's License, every 5 years). Even buying Ammu here, requires a firearms licence. All in all, too much of a hassle to own a gun here, unless someone is really into the sport or hunting. But, just to have it sit at home for illegal self defense usage, it's not worth it. Any use of a firearm against a human, even in self-defense, is likely to be prosecuted as a crime in Canada. For that matter, use of [I]any[/I] weapon against a human is likely to be a crime, pepperspray included. Canadian hunting regulations are outside the scope of this document; however note that it is definitely [I][B]forbidden[/B][/I] to hunt with a handgun or otherwise use a handgun against wildlife. In general, the only legal uses for restricted or prohibited firearms (including [I]all[/I] handguns) are for collection purposes and recreational/competition target shooting. The above should pretty much sum it up, why most of us don't own handguns. [/QUOTE]

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