r/canadaguns • u/mjskopun • May 20 '26

Buy recommendations New to gun ownership

I thought Canada was safe, then I got home invaded. Still dealing with the PTSD but in the meantime, looking at gun ownership. Want to do it correctly, any tips about how to get one?

Also, (this is for the experts) based on the legal list of guns (hand guns for now) what is the best quality gun that -

  • doesn't require tons of maintenance
  • is Quality (not cheap crap)
  • Doesn't lose it's aim after some use

Thanks for the feedback.

Noob

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u/LordRevan1996 May 20 '26

1st point isn’t 100% true. You can’t possess anything, including firearms, for the specific purpose of self defence. So this makes what OP is asking for illegal. BUT firearms possessed for other legal reasons can technically be used for self defence as long as its use is a “proportional response” to the threat. You will be charged either way to determine if your response was proportional.

Obligatory NOT a lawyer, so take this with a grain of salt.

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u/mjskopun May 24 '26

Good to know.

Just as a general query, how are you expected to defend yourself, My mindset is that you have to hurt me first before I hurt you. I'm not trigger happy or scared when dealing with threats so it would definitely be less that proportionate.

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u/DropMeAnOrangeBeam May 25 '26

Because you have to go to where you've stored your firearm and then either remove the trigger lock or take it out of the locked container/safe/vault. You cannot legally store a loaded firearm. So if you go out of your way to get your gun and load it, you've kind of escalated the issue.