r/canadaguns • u/GhostProtocolGaming • Mar 12 '26

News / Politics / Activism Stand on Guard - Conservative Party of Canada

https://www.conservative.ca/stand-on-guard-2/

The bill makes important changes to Section 34 of the Criminal Code so that force is presumed to be justified if used against an illegal intruder. Conservatives first announced the ‘Stand on Guard’ principle back in August, asking the government to introduce legislation in the fall session.

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u/Less-Comfortable-153 Mar 12 '26

I appreciate the spirit of this law, but would this include a revisiting of the Careless Storage provisions of the Criminal Code? Because ok fine it’s presumed that you can use lethal force to defend your house, but if you can’t access the one tool that you could most realistically use to accomplish that task, how does this really move the needle? And no, I don’t want to see a complete reversal of the storage regs. I’d like to see something similar to what the State of Michigan passed a few years ago, stating that any house with children must have unattended firearms either locked in a safe, or unloaded and trigger locked. There’s a healthy middle ground to firearms storage that could be explored. In any event this discussion is moot, no chance the Liberals let this pass.

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u/noobte Mar 13 '26

i am cleaning my gun 24/7 and so it is in use and not in storage.