r/canadaguns • u/N714YQ • Feb 26 '26

Application / Regulation advice If push comes to shove - destruction question

I have absolutely no intention of forfeiting my working AR15 to the state.

That being said, if it comes down to the wire and they start leaning on us even harder as October 30 approaches, are they expecting to steal intact, working rifles?

Because I have a chop saw, and will cut my rifle into pieces and bring the scraps in a bag to the cop shop. Because fuck ’em is why.

Being the dickhead statists they are, you would probably have to make sure that the scraps have a “trigger lock” and are enclosed in a locked hard sided container.

Any thoughts?

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u/613mitch Feb 26 '26

Your only obligation is to report the destruction of a restricted firearm in a timely manner. Once the firearm is destroyed, it no longer needs a trigger lock as it's no longer a firearm. You are not obligated to deliver it anywhere, as it's no longer a firearm.

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u/Reasonable_Hall2346 Feb 26 '26

Is there a legal definition of what makes a firearm destroyed? How destroyed does it have to be?

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u/1491Sparrow Feb 26 '26

Yes there is a set of instructions somewhere on the government of Canada website on what constitutes a deactivated firearm.  IIRC, you have to weld a plug in the chamber so you cannot chamber a round, you must either cut the bolt in half or weld up the face so the bold cannot hold a round, and you must disable the fire control group by welding it up or cutting it up so the hammer cant drop when you pull the trigger.  There may be other stipulations,  but that's what I recall.

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u/613mitch Feb 26 '26

That's deactivated, not destroyed.