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/LongRoadNorth Feb 26 '26

This is where I'm waiting to hear more from Ian or from a firearms lawyer.

Because I believe it has been said it has to be destroyed by a registered gunsmith to destroy it and verify its destruction.

I could be mistaken or misunderstanding what Ian was saying in his video though.

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u/satansnacks Feb 26 '26

Pretty sure thats only for deactivation specifically, and even then rcmp spec deactivation is way more extreme than the legal definition and requirement.

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u/LongRoadNorth Feb 26 '26

Nope was destruction too, if I remember correctly.

Regardless wait and see cause I'm not destroying anything until I have to.

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u/outline8668 Feb 27 '26

I don't recall destruction being defined at all in the legislation or regulations the way deactivation is. The liberals and RCMP are trying to make it sound like you need to have this done by a gunsmith but I don't think there's actually any legal requirement to do so. Which makes sense because there are many ways in which a gun could be accidentally destroyed.