Yahoo Answers is shutting down on 4 May 2021 (Eastern Time) and the Yahoo Answers website is now in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

?
Lv 5
? asked in Politics & GovernmentLaw & Ethics · 4 weeks ago

Does Canada still have gun ownership rights to citizens  ?

or by 2 years it be done 

5 Answers

Relevance
  • Anonymous
    4 weeks ago
    Favourite answer

    Gun ownership has never been a right in Canada, but a privilege. Handguns have to be registered since 1934. Since 1979, anyone wanting to purchase a firearm has to file in a request first.

    And for the "wolfram" bozo below: it is NOT useless, since anyone in possession of a firearm would have to show that it is legitimate ownership. Being in possession of an unregistered firearm is, in itself, a prosecutable crime.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 weeks ago

    No such rights exist. It is strongly regulated priviledge

  • 4 weeks ago

    Hunting rifles and shotguns are neither restricted nor prohibited, but it is illegal to possess them without a firearms acquisitions certificate. People who have committed certain serious crimes are not eligible for an acquisition certificate to possess any firearm.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 weeks ago

    yes, you can buy and a gun in Cantada, but it must be registered with the government, a COMPLETELY USELESS step, since most guns used in crime are unregistered anyway, and can only  be "singe action"

  • Anonymous
    4 weeks ago

    You can still buy a gun, it has to be registered with the government. Firearms are federally regulated in Canada. The federal 1977 Criminal Law Amendment Act, as amended, prohibits automatic weapons and sawed-off shotguns and rifles.  

Still have questions? Get answers by asking now.