long-gun registry and stolen non-restricted firearms

[bigrevolver]

I have newbie question for long-gun though I don't have one yet:

Does that means if a long-gun is stolen, the owner does not have to report to police?

 

[Alex_Zues]

Offences relating to Lost, Destroyed or Defaced Weapons, etc.

Marginal note:Losing or finding

105. (1) Every person commits an offence who

(a) having lost a firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, any prohibited ammunition, an authorization, a licence or a registration certificate, or having had it stolen from the person’s possession, does not with reasonable despatch report the loss to a peace officer, to a firearms officer or a chief firearms officer; or


Section 105 of the criminal code seems to suggest registry or no, you still need to report it

 

[bigrevolver]

thanks Alex_Zues. The code doesn't look like fit many real situations.

It just confused me how the police/government know you lost a non-restricted firearm if there is no registry.
Also, reporting having lost an authorization sounds weird to me. Since CFO emailed ATT (it is an authorization) to me and asked me to print it by myself - it is equivalent to the paper delivered via post office...... So if I print out two copies and throw out one, do I have to report it (at least in theory)? that does not make sense for me.

 

[uberkermit]

thanks Alex_Zues. The code doesn't look like fit many real situations

?? It fits every situation it specifies.

 

[sunray]

"...not have to report to police..." You won't be able to file an insurance claim if you don't. However, the long gun resgistry had nothing to do with you becoming a victim of a crime. It was about having somebody to blame for said crime. As in if you became the victim of a crime, you would automatically have been charged with unsafe storage. Despite there being no definition of what constitutes safe storage.

 

[bigrevolver]

"...not have to report to police..." You won't be able to file an insurance claim if you don't. However, the long gun resgistry had nothing to do with you becoming a victim of a crime. It was about having somebody to blame for said crime. As in if you became the victim of a crime, you would automatically have been charged with unsafe storage. Despite there being no definition of what constitutes safe storage.

thanks - that makes sense.

However, I am not sure about the word of losing "an authorization", I assume it includes an ATT, which is actually printed out from my printer. It seems weird to reporting a loss or stolen of ATT paper because I can print out another copy by myself if I lost it.

 

[Yogi05]

The problem is not that you lost the authorization. The problem is someone may find it and use it for something illegal ( I have no idea what that would be, but I think that's the idea)

 

[Beadwindow]

FYI, this thread just showed up as a Google News Alert in my inbox under the title of Canadian Gun Registry.

It's the first time I got a message directing me to a discussion on CGN, as the alert normally linked to news stories about the registry and its demise.

The Moderators might want to look into what's happening, as I don't think that many here would relish the idea that certain gun control advocates might have such an easy way to follow ongoing discussions about legislation and legal matters on this site. I realize that everything said online might as well be treated as public material, but I'd like to think that people would at least have to look for it.

 

[sunray]

"...might have such an easy way to follow..." Easy as in registering as a member here?
"...includes an ATT..." There's no such thing for a long gun.