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/Mr_Nuclear1 May 21 '26

First off, sorry that this unfortunate event occurred…

That being said, owning firearms (or anything for that matter) for the purpose of self defence (from people not animals) is illegal

You may only acquire firearms for

1 learning for the sake of learning
2 target shooting
3 competition
4 hunting

You also can’t buy handguns post 2021 🥀

Additionally idk if (your) ptsd counts as a mental health disorder, but if it does, you would likely need a physician sign off, as well as a potential interview which will complicate the process of acquiring firearms…

Unfortunately this is the sad reality in Canada, and with this government in charge it will likely never change, the best path forward is to become politically active and push for reform…

Again really sorry this happend to you, our community always wants new people to join, so perhaps once you’ve gotten over some of the mental ordeal and are in the right mindset, re evaluate your intentions and see if your still interested in legal ownership…

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u/mjskopun May 24 '26

Thanks for saying that much appreciated.

My primary purpose is for 1 and 2.

My mental health is good. i'm not incapacitated whenever I think of the event.

Can someone explain the reasoning behind why handguns are banned? I can understand banning automatic rapid fire weapons, it's not a war zone, but why handguns? Is the intent to make guns illegal? Or just make it easier to charge idiots when they use guns stupidly?

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u/Mr_Nuclear1 May 24 '26

I think you’ll realize after scrolling this sub for a bit, nothing related to gun control the Canadian government has ever done, has had foundation in logic or actual public safety. All of the latest bans have been as a response to a mass shooting, non of which used legal guns (all snuggled from USA)

But at the end of the day, the liberal government doesn’t really care about public safety, they do care about what gains them the most votes, and headline wins like GUN BANS get them votes.

It’s lowk pretty bad but I did in school write an essay abt why gun control in Canada was shit…

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Tk-ySp6ma8p8CKCwgmqPf2R5O0lGiHemXMukYeNq7g/edit?usp=drivesdk

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u/mjskopun May 28 '26

Interesting. I look at guns like I look at cars or scissors. All are tools, but the user chooses the good or bad use.