r/canadaguns • u/Teags2610 • May 15 '26
News / Politics / Activism Discussion: Canada’s handgun freeze policy and its impact on licensed owners
There’s been a lot of discussion lately around Canada’s handgun freeze and how it affects licensed owners.
I put together a short petition and info page asking for a formal review of the policy and its real-world impact, mainly focused on effectiveness and long-term outcomes.
It’s not meant as a political statement, more as a way to structure the discussion around whether the policy should be periodically reviewed.
👉 Petition (if anyone wants to take a look):
Lift the Handgun Freeze for Licensed Canadian Firearms Owners
📊 Live tracker:
Live Signature Tracker
Open to thoughts from people in the community, especially those with experience in the field.
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u/CanuckBard May 15 '26
Nice try Mr rcmp lol
Might be legit, idk anymore haha
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u/Teags2610 May 15 '26
Fair enough lol, just trying to keep the discussion structured and transparent.
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u/DougMacRay617 May 16 '26
Your talking to the wrong crowd about being "structured and transparent". We have always been very much both of those. Its the other people that are neither
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u/Ok_Competition6823 May 15 '26
No matter what we do they won’t do anything to bring anything they banned/froze back. Thats just the reality of things until or unless there is a government change.
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u/i-Hermit May 16 '26
Yup, I think the handgun freeze is actual law, unlike the OIC stuff. There's exactly zero chance they're going through the effort of passing laws to undo that.
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u/graylocus May 16 '26
I think it is still possible. There just needs to be a government in power, in a majority setting, that amends the law. I say majority because a statute must be amended in Parliament, unlike an OIC, which is amended via Cabinet.
Then you need the Senate to agree to those amendments as well.
None of this will happen with the current government.
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u/Ok_Competition6823 May 16 '26
Yep and the sooner people come to terms with that the sooner they can make peace with it. Doesn’t matter if we get 10 million petitions signed. Petitions don’t change the law.
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u/Reasonable_Hall2346 May 16 '26
Whats there to discuss? Its was a virtue signaling pointless legislation that has absolutely no impact on safety. Criminal don’t care about lawfully purchasing handguns, and 90% of firearm crimes were traced with firearms from USA. There isn’t even an argument about “all illegal firearms were previously legally owned” as that is not the case for Canada.
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u/tetraacetic May 15 '26
your petition won't make an impact at all, your best bet is to use the official petitions plagorm that parliament follows
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u/PrestigiousStatus711 May 16 '26
Petitions are useless. The government will trample over your rights as long as you let them.
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u/cattabliss bc May 16 '26
what is this ridiculous personal information farm how are mods allowing this to stay up
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u/Bambam4040 May 17 '26
Here in Vancouver, I get calls all the time from people looking to buy handguns off the street. I always try to explain that this isn’t something you can do—you need to go through the proper legal process. Unfortunately, with the way things are set up right now, it feels like the government has made the market more challenging and confusing for people trying to do things the right way
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u/Candid-Tomato2971 May 15 '26
Should look at general public safety. Hasn’t moved the needle