Crossing Into Canada with a Firearm
Hi everyone: We are in the deep planning stages for a journey to Alaska, sometime in 2016. We plan to bring along a couple of firearms - a 9MM handgun and 12g shotgun. We have read, pretty much...
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Hate to burst bubbles here, but you CAN take a hand gun into Canada.
BUT, it has to be for the exact right circumstances, and under very strict restrictions from Canadian authorities.
And about the ONLY reason I can recall it being allowed was if you were taking the handgun in for participation in a certified shooting range event. And even then, barrel length and magazine capacity were strictly limited in what was allowed.
So best bet is leave it home locked up in your gun safe. The folks I know who took a handgun into Canada were all law enforcement from North Dakota, attending to shooting events, and even they had strictest of regulations to follow to clear customs at the border.
It is just not worth the hassle.
Hate to burst bubbles here, but you CAN take a hand gun into Canada.
BUT, it has to be for the exact right circumstances, and under very strict restrictions from Canadian authorities.
And about the ONLY reason I can recall it being allowed was if you were taking the handgun in for participation in a certified shooting range event. And even then, barrel length and magazine capacity were strictly limited in what was allowed.
So best bet is leave it home locked up in your gun safe. The folks I know who took a handgun into Canada were all law enforcement from North Dakota, attending to shooting events, and even they had strictest of regulations to follow to clear customs at the border.
It is just not worth the hassle.
