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Hey Duffer,
Welcome to CGN!
I hear ya' about being unhappy with the direction your country is going in and/or your elected government. I have to say, however, that if you're unhappy with just how much your current government is getting involved in your business, then you definitely don't want to emigrate to Canada.
We're actually one of the few social-welfare countries on the planet where a true "nanny-state" is emerging (although Britain is still well ahead of us!). You'll be giving up a number of very important constitutional rights by leaving the US, including the right to own property and the right to keep and bare arms, and the de facto right to self-protection.
In Canada, the replacement of the British North American Act with the "repatriated" Canada Constitution Act (1982) and the adoption of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, many traditional rights, such as the right to property were eliminated deliberately by the Liberal Government of the day. With a stroke of the pen, basic human rights we've enjoyed since the days of the Magna Carta were eliminated.
Since then, many restrictive laws and regulations have been passed that has made it impossible for individuals to obtain a firearm specifically for the reason of self-defense. You must lie on your application and state that the reason for obtaining said firearm is for either target shooting or collecting. If you own more than ten firearms, you are required by law to permit inspectors access to your home whenever they so desire and cannot refuse them admission. They can have access to all your personal records and computers, etc...Refuse them and you will be charged and they will simply take what they need anyway.
The Liberal Party of Canada believes it has some manifest destiny to rule Canada and for much of the last 100 years they have gotten things their own way. They are bent upon socially re-engineering Canada to fit comfortably into the leftist socialist mould the Politically Correct advocates so dearly love.
You might be pissed off with George Bush, but my friend, you don't know how good you've got it in the US. To those of us forced to fight tooth and nail to protect the few remaining rights we still enjoy as remnants of English Common Law, America remains a shinig jewel of hope and the last bastion of freedom. You don't know what fascisim is, until you have to listen to a government you elected tell you that you must turn in your firearms without compensation because of the way they look or because they appeared in a violent Hollywood action film and they explain their dictatorial law-making as being for the "common good" and if it saves "just one life" trampling the rights of citizens was worth it. Just ask the guys who used to own SPAS-12 shotguns, etc...
In a year George Bush will be gone and hopefully the American people will see fit not to elect somebody like Hilary Clinto of Barack Obama to replace him, however, even then, you'd still enjoy greater freedoms than your Canadian cousins do!
If you're still hell-bent on coming to Canada, any handgun you own can be legally imported into Canada unless it has a barrel less than 4.14" (105mm) or is in .25 or .32 caliber. Why? No reason, simply because our former Liberal Government arbitrarily ruled that any handgun with a barrel under 4.14" or in .25/.32 caliber had no sporting purposes and was reclassified as "prohibited." They cannot be legally imported into Canada.
Any semi-auto handgun magazines you have must be permanently altered so that they cannot accept anymore than 10 rounds. That usually means drilling a hole in the magazine body and putting in a rivet.
All centerfire semi-automatic rifles and shotguns (.22rimfire excepted) are also limited to just 5 rounds total in their magazines. Again, all magazines must be permanently altered to accept no more than 5 rounds.
There are a number of rifles that are classified as restricted, while others have been classified as prohibited. Restricteds may still be imported into Canada, while the prohibited rifles such as FN-Fals, HK-94, MP-5, etc...cannot.
You will need to take the Canadian Firearms Safety Course and obtain your Non-Restricted Possession and Acquistion License. In order to own handguns and restricted rifles, you will also need to take the Restricted Firearms & Safety Course and obtain your Restricted Possession and Acquistion License endorsement.
If you don't already know, you won't be able to carry your handguns for protection and the only place you will legally be able to use them is at an approved gun club/range. You must make an application to the provincial Chief Firearms Office in the province in which you reside for an ATT or "Authorization to Transport" restricted firearms that will permit you to take your handguns to and from your gun club, and only then, by the most direct route available.
All restricted handguns must be trigger locked and locked into an opaque container or stored unloaded in an approved gun safe at all times when not in use. If you want to display them, they must be trigger locked/gun locked and securely attached to a non-moveable structure, etc... like a wall stud or floor joist via chain or stout cable, etc... Forget those lovely glass fronted walnut gun display cabinets.
Sound appealing??? Check out the Canadian Firearms Center website at: http://www.cfc-cafc.gc.ca/default_e.asp
Fact Sheet for Firearms Owners Moving to Canada:
http://www.cfc-cafc.gc.ca/factsheets/moving_e.asp
Fact Sheet on Importing Firearms, Parts & Accessories into Canada:
http://www.cfc-cafc.gc.ca/factsheets/imports_e.asp
Hope this helps!
Welcome to CGN!
I hear ya' about being unhappy with the direction your country is going in and/or your elected government. I have to say, however, that if you're unhappy with just how much your current government is getting involved in your business, then you definitely don't want to emigrate to Canada.
We're actually one of the few social-welfare countries on the planet where a true "nanny-state" is emerging (although Britain is still well ahead of us!). You'll be giving up a number of very important constitutional rights by leaving the US, including the right to own property and the right to keep and bare arms, and the de facto right to self-protection.
In Canada, the replacement of the British North American Act with the "repatriated" Canada Constitution Act (1982) and the adoption of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, many traditional rights, such as the right to property were eliminated deliberately by the Liberal Government of the day. With a stroke of the pen, basic human rights we've enjoyed since the days of the Magna Carta were eliminated.
Since then, many restrictive laws and regulations have been passed that has made it impossible for individuals to obtain a firearm specifically for the reason of self-defense. You must lie on your application and state that the reason for obtaining said firearm is for either target shooting or collecting. If you own more than ten firearms, you are required by law to permit inspectors access to your home whenever they so desire and cannot refuse them admission. They can have access to all your personal records and computers, etc...Refuse them and you will be charged and they will simply take what they need anyway.
The Liberal Party of Canada believes it has some manifest destiny to rule Canada and for much of the last 100 years they have gotten things their own way. They are bent upon socially re-engineering Canada to fit comfortably into the leftist socialist mould the Politically Correct advocates so dearly love.
You might be pissed off with George Bush, but my friend, you don't know how good you've got it in the US. To those of us forced to fight tooth and nail to protect the few remaining rights we still enjoy as remnants of English Common Law, America remains a shinig jewel of hope and the last bastion of freedom. You don't know what fascisim is, until you have to listen to a government you elected tell you that you must turn in your firearms without compensation because of the way they look or because they appeared in a violent Hollywood action film and they explain their dictatorial law-making as being for the "common good" and if it saves "just one life" trampling the rights of citizens was worth it. Just ask the guys who used to own SPAS-12 shotguns, etc...
In a year George Bush will be gone and hopefully the American people will see fit not to elect somebody like Hilary Clinto of Barack Obama to replace him, however, even then, you'd still enjoy greater freedoms than your Canadian cousins do!
If you're still hell-bent on coming to Canada, any handgun you own can be legally imported into Canada unless it has a barrel less than 4.14" (105mm) or is in .25 or .32 caliber. Why? No reason, simply because our former Liberal Government arbitrarily ruled that any handgun with a barrel under 4.14" or in .25/.32 caliber had no sporting purposes and was reclassified as "prohibited." They cannot be legally imported into Canada.
Any semi-auto handgun magazines you have must be permanently altered so that they cannot accept anymore than 10 rounds. That usually means drilling a hole in the magazine body and putting in a rivet.
All centerfire semi-automatic rifles and shotguns (.22rimfire excepted) are also limited to just 5 rounds total in their magazines. Again, all magazines must be permanently altered to accept no more than 5 rounds.
There are a number of rifles that are classified as restricted, while others have been classified as prohibited. Restricteds may still be imported into Canada, while the prohibited rifles such as FN-Fals, HK-94, MP-5, etc...cannot.
You will need to take the Canadian Firearms Safety Course and obtain your Non-Restricted Possession and Acquistion License. In order to own handguns and restricted rifles, you will also need to take the Restricted Firearms & Safety Course and obtain your Restricted Possession and Acquistion License endorsement.
If you don't already know, you won't be able to carry your handguns for protection and the only place you will legally be able to use them is at an approved gun club/range. You must make an application to the provincial Chief Firearms Office in the province in which you reside for an ATT or "Authorization to Transport" restricted firearms that will permit you to take your handguns to and from your gun club, and only then, by the most direct route available.
All restricted handguns must be trigger locked and locked into an opaque container or stored unloaded in an approved gun safe at all times when not in use. If you want to display them, they must be trigger locked/gun locked and securely attached to a non-moveable structure, etc... like a wall stud or floor joist via chain or stout cable, etc... Forget those lovely glass fronted walnut gun display cabinets.
Sound appealing??? Check out the Canadian Firearms Center website at: http://www.cfc-cafc.gc.ca/default_e.asp
Fact Sheet for Firearms Owners Moving to Canada:
http://www.cfc-cafc.gc.ca/factsheets/moving_e.asp
Fact Sheet on Importing Firearms, Parts & Accessories into Canada:
http://www.cfc-cafc.gc.ca/factsheets/imports_e.asp
Hope this helps!
POPS
