Is it illegal to possess a barrel shorter than 106mm in Canada?

[fenceline]

1 year. 1 month. 21 days. 18 hours.

Nope. Still good. Haha.

104mm is the legal minimum. Most that are sold in Canada are 105mm so there's positively more than the minimum, just to be on the safe side of the law.

Try again...

According to the Criminal Code, a prohibited firearm is:

a handgun that

has a barrel equal to or less than 105 mm in length, or

is designed or adapted to discharge a 25 or 32 calibre cartridge, but does not include any such handgun that is prescribed, where the handgun is for use in international sporting competitions governed by the rules of the International Shooting Union.

106mm is legal. 105mm and less is prohib.

 

[joe.danay]

1 year. 1 month. 21 days. 18 hours.

Nope. Still good. Haha.



Try again...

According to the Criminal Code, a prohibited firearm is:



106mm is legal. 105mm and less is prohib.

OOPs, you're right. I still need my coffee... Once again my advice is worth what you pay for it. Here's the ipso-facto from the RCMP webpage;

[h=2]Definition of a prohibited firearm[/h]According to the Criminal Code, a prohibited firearm is:

• a handgun that
  • has a barrel equal to or less than 105 mm in length, or
  • is designed or adapted to discharge a 25 or 32 calibre cartridge, but does not include any such handgun that is prescribed, where the handgun is for use in international sporting competitions governed by the rules of the International Shooting Union,

Always check the actual firearms regs, if in doubt

 

[sunray]

Hitzy forgot morning stars and blow guns as being too evil to own. Speculation has it that it was done due to there being too many Medieval, Pygmy ninja's robbing variety stores back in the late 70's. snicker.
There are bunch of prohibited devices you cannot have in your possession. 20 round rifle mags, over 10 rounds for a pistol mag, et al. It's up to you to know what is evil and what is not. Just don't go looking for a list of what is not. Laws do not tell you what you can do. Only what you cannot.
I'd bet any evil barrel is sold to Gunparts, Stateside, if it can be. Otherwise it's destroyed.

 

[joe.danay]

It's up to you to know what is evil and what is not. Just don't go looking for a list of what is not.

Ha ya, try to look up the RCMP's prohib list and it's still being "updated". I think it's being "updated" for the last couple of years now... Anyone kept track? How effing long has this list been unaccessable???

 

[Horilka]

I know it's an old thread, but I've just had an argument and can't find anywhere in the regulation where short barrels (115 and less) are prescribed as "prohibited devices".

Reading this - http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-98-462/FullText.html

"5 The components and parts of weapons, accessories, and cartridge magazines listed in Part 4 of the schedule are prohibited devices for the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (d) of the definition “prohibited device” in subsection 84(1) of the Criminal Code."

And in Schedule in Part 4:

1 Any electrical or mechanical device that is designed or adapted to operate the trigger mechanism of a semi-automatic firearm for the purpose of causing the firearm to discharge cartridges in rapid succession.

2 Any rifle, shotgun or carbine stock of the type known as the “bull-pup” design, being a stock that, when combined with a firearm, reduces the overall length of the firearm such that a substantial part of the reloading action or the magazine-well is located behind the trigger of the firearm when it is held in the normal firing position.

3 Any cartridge magazine... (about magazines)

So where does law say that 115 or less barrels are "prohibited devices"?

 

[Brordo]

Try this: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-19.html?txthl=105#s-84 . Look at prohibited devices (in bold). It's 105mm and pertains to handgun barrels.

 

[Horilka]

Try this: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-19.html?txthl=105#s-84 . Look at prohibited devices (in bold). It's 105mm and pertains to handgun barrels.

Yes, thank you, I remember I saw it somewhere!

"(b) a handgun barrel that is equal to or less than 105 mm in length, but does not include any such handgun barrel that is prescribed, where the handgun barrel is for use in international sporting competitions governed by the rules of the International Shooting Union,"