r/canadaguns • u/Ninja_Terror • Mar 20 '26

News / Politics / Activism Does the RCMP definitively know what guns you own?

I've got my third notification about my final chance to apply for the gun buyback. But as far as I know I don't own any prohibited weapons. My rifles are either bolt action or lever action, except for a .22 and a shotgun, which last I checked were not on the list. They may be on a future list.

I assume they are just emailing everyone with a PAL because they're too lazy to go through the records to send out emails with the prohibited weapon(s) in question. My view is that until you show up at my door with a request for a specific weapon, STFU. My .22 was peanuts and they're never going to compensate me full value for my shotgun, so MEH.

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u/PaleBug3285 Mar 21 '26

You have to take it to a registered gun smith to be deactivated. They won’t just take your word for it that it’s been done…

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u/613mitch Mar 21 '26

There is a legal distinction between destroyed and deactivated. This whole thread has been about destroying the firearm, not deactivating it.

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u/PaleBug3285 Mar 21 '26

Where are you finding this information that you can destroy it and say it’s destroyed?

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u/613mitch Mar 21 '26

1) it's not illegal to destroy your own gun. Its your property

2) Reporting requirment outlined in section 106 of the CC: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-106.html

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u/PaleBug3285 Mar 21 '26

It seems super vague, like no proof is required? Just yeah the guns are destroyed?