Halloween costume with antique firearm

Some of us are fortunate we belong to a club or have family and friends that have passed their knowledge and experience on to us.
Can you imagine how it must be to not have that. That's the beauty of gunnutz, all that wealth of experience.
We all have and are all entitled to our own opinions, if you don't like someone elses's opinion, there's no need to get testy.
Cheers nessy.
 
just cause it might be legal dont meen its smart ;)

Im staying home on Halloween and reloading LOL
 
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You may get away with it on Halloween because it will look like part of your costume . I know it's probably legal . but I also know in where I live on a normal day If I tried to walk home from the gun shop with an unloaded shotgun or rifle I would not make it more than 3 blocks before the police arrived. they may just ask where I'm going and what I'm doing or they may make me put down the rifle and lay on the ground. For example I run the black powder club in Medicine Hat with a friend on the way to the Sunday shoot he stopped at Tim Horton's for coffee the young girl working new him and asked about the guns laying on the seat next to him told her he was going out for a fun day of shooting ,paid for his coffee the older lady witch was the girls boss looked over her shoulder at the drive through window saw the guns and got a panicked look on her face as my friend started to pull away he could see her run over to 2 RCMP in there having coffee he knew what was coming they came running out waved him over asked him to turn of the vehicle and to get out they them asked if he had firearms in the truck he replied yes they asked where he was going and what he was doing so he told them . Then he told them to stop worrying because they didn't need to be encased they had to radio this in because they did not know the law when it came back that he did not need to have his long guns encase they just let him go. but he was an hour late for the shoot kinda ruined his morning. He was legal and within his rights but it still wasn't a good experience
 
He was legal and within his rights but it still wasn't a good experience
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That is what everyone here is trying to help the "costumier" avoid. Things can happen fast and get scarey in a big hurry. Think of the responsibility a mountie feels for his partner and the public. Once you find your self being percieved as a threat (rightly or wrongly) it is no longer about defending your privilages it is about hoping you make it to a lock up before something really bad happens.
If you put people in a stressful situation you must be very aware of the broad range of potential outcomes.
This is not about rights/privialges or rampant liberalism this is about gun nutz wanting other gun nutz to be safe and have fun.

Be nice
 
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,274138,00.html

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=10097

On the one hand now I feel like I'd be a coward not to do it, but there's no antique revos for sale here so I can't anyway. But I feel people are being a little too accommodating with the current status quo. Look at these kids, who understand the situation and are doing something about it, just by raising awareness. Sure they are inconvenienced, but they're maintaining their freedoms! Imagine 100 years ago if someone read us writing that we think freedom is good, but it's an inconvenience to exercise it; our rights are nice, but we don't want to make the gov't nervous. Hell I find it ludicrous today, it must be inconceivable to those earlier. People died to gain and preserve our freedoms, and we can't be bothered with the thought of taking an hour to exercise them.



Now it's just OT, and I'm feeling queezy, signing off;
Scott
 
It is one thing to exercise your rights discreetly as in taking an antique to the range to shoot or having a replica of an antique on your wall in the den in the basement, out of sight of the public. It is downright stupid to at the very least spend one to several hours in handcuffs and or in jail. There are exceedingly few of us who would stand in front of a nervous person waving a gun at us and even less who would do it in front of several car loads of nervous people waving guns. Recognize that there are rumours of accidental discharges associated with many or most of the major detachments.
You are far better to effect changes by being active in fish and game clubs or writing politicians and doing so in a knowledgeable and articulate way. Taking foolish chances does not strike me as being an effective way to change the laws for the better. Remember ---- stupid is as stupid does.

cheers mooncoon
 
Fair points, like I said I feel rather cowardly because I too feel there would be some risks associated. I hadn't any notion of political statement when this thread started, but now it's hard to avoid. I just wanted costume accessories.

But isn't that a huge problem in itself, if, as you suggest, one risks death at the hands of government employees if they exercise a legitimate and enshrined right and freedom and do nothing wrong? Not saying I've got a solution, besides everyone suddenly starting to exercise our rights simultaneously. But it sure is a problem.
 
joe-nwt said:
Would you walk into a police station unannounced in your "costume"?

There you go.
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it's illegal to bring firearms into a police station unless a specific appointment is made to do so, so no, i obviously wouldn't

read up a bit before posting.

what you've done in that post is say "would you do something illegal? there ya go, so doing something legal is a bad thing"

it's ridiculous and hilarious at the same time.
 
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BBq_Woa! said:
it's illegal to bring firearms into a police station unless a specific appointment is made to do so, so no, i obviously wouldn't

read up a bit before posting.

what you've done in that post is say "would you do something illegal? there ya go, so doing something legal is a bad thing"

it's ridiculous and hilarious at the same time.
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Care to post a link so I can read up on it?
 
BBq_Woa! said:
it's illegal to bring firearms into a police station unless a specific appointment is made to do so, so no, i obviously wouldn't

read up a bit before posting.

what you've done in that post is say "would you do something illegal? there ya go, so doing something legal is a bad thing"

it's ridiculous and hilarious at the same time.
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First time I have ever heard of this. Please provide a link to the FA, CC, whatever.

You plan on taking a firearm to a private house party as an accessory to a costume. As you have repeatedly stated, that would not be illegal. I assume that you know all the folks who will be at the party, and that you will be able to maintain control of the firearm at all times. And that you know for a fact that no one is going to make a "man with a gun" call, and that the party is not going to attract attention. Because if it becomes necessary to explain yourself, the "it's not illegal and I am exercising my rights" may take a bit of explaining.
 
legitimate and enshrined right and freedom
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This is where you are confused, you have no "enshrined firearms rights" You have PRIVILAGES and you are darn lucky to have them. You will loose those privilages if you start thinking they are rights.
 
This year I plan on going to a party dressed as a Colonial Marine from the movie Aliens. This costume will include a replica of the M-41A Pulse Rifle. Hopefully I won't get hassled by the cops as the resin and plastic replica will look pretty authentic once it's built, painted, and weathered.
 
BBQ_Woa,
Legal or not, carrying a non-restricted or even an antique firearm for Halloween in Toronto is bad news.

BTW, unlike some others giving you advice from other parts of the country, I am a 24 y/o Scarborough resident.... If I was at a Halloween party and another firearms owner was carrying around a real M14 for effect I'd call them on it, even though I am well aware its 'legal'. This is not the United States, and there isn't a 2nd Amendment.

I'd say its a respect thing not only to yourself as a legal firearm owner, but also to other law abiding firearms owners.

I hope you make the right choice.
 
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You know in Toronto you will not be approached by Officer Frendly and asked if everything is ok and you are following all the proper firearms rules. You will taken down at gun point by the ETF and hopefully your actions will not cause yours or someone close to you to be shot and killed because the office dosn't see someone out in a costume, they see " a man with a gun".

Halloween is not an excuse.
 
There is the old catch all charge to do with a weapon dangerous to the peace or something like that.

I think this is it:

Possess a weapon dangerous to the public peace:

Possession of weapon for dangerous purpose
88. (1) Every person commits an offence who carries or possesses a weapon, an imitation of a weapon, a prohibited device or any ammunition or prohibited ammunition for a purpose dangerous to the public peace or for the purpose of committing an offence.

Punishment
(2) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1)
(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years; or
(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 88; 1995, c. 39, s. 139.

Carrying weapon while attending public meeting
89. (1) Every person commits an offence who, without lawful excuse, carries a weapon, a prohibited device or any ammunition or prohibited ammunition while the person is attending or is on the way to attend a public meeting.

Punishment
(2) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 89; 1995, c. 39, s. 139.
 
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I haven't read all the replies, but my point of view of such action is that if you guys start walking in public places with guns claiming ``IT IS AN ANTIQUE`` the word will spread around quite fast, the hungry censsasionalist reporters will be delighted to spread their emplified version of the story to increase their popularity. The ANTIS will then take advantage of the wrongfull story,this will make its way up to the federal government by meant of complaint letters and petitions and ALL OF US ANTIQUE GUNS OWNERS WILL END UP PAYING FOR YOUR ACTION BY HAVING TO REGISTER OUR GUNS AND MAYBE EVENTUALLY HAVING TO DEAL WITH A BAN BECAUSE YOU DID WANT TO SHOW OFF AT A HALLOWEEN PARTY WITH A REAL GUN. ITS NOT A QUESTION OF BEING LEGAL OR NOT, ITS MORE A QUESTION OF GOOD SENCE. DOES IT REALY WORTH IT ?


TO ME, DOING SO WOULD ONLY CAUSE PREJUDICE TO THE ENTIRE ANTIQUE GUN COMMUNITY ON THE LONG RUN.

No hard feeling but this is my point of view.
 
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Andy said:
Isn't it amusing how all the posers are full of tough guy advice for others?

How be one of you do it yourself? Yonge Street in a Rambo outfit with a sidearm and M14? We all want pics so we can worship you! Leave out the takedown and body cavity search, but include you crying for momma in the cell.
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heheheh
 
dieselsot said:
If I was at a Halloween party and another firearms owner was carrying around a real M14 for effect I'd call them on it, even though I am well aware its 'legal'.
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so in other words, you'd call him on it to protect him from other people like you, who don't care whether it's legal, just that it's 'scary'.

right..
 
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