r/canadaguns • u/Individual_Dare_2722 • Jun 16 '26

Application / Regulation advice Handgun Ban & SCC

I am seeing mixed messaging on here and wanted to get some clarification. Would the handgun freeze be lifted if CCFR wins at the Supreme Court of Canada? I thought the handgun freeze was a law now, and so that would be unaffected if the OICs were overturned?

Therefore the only way to actually acquire handguns in the future would be if a new government came in and removed the law.

Please correct me wherever necessary here

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u/AverageVancouverite Jun 16 '26

The handgun ban is in the law in C-21, not the OICs. To the best of my understanding, the CCFR Supreme Court case is about the OICs, so if they are successful, this would only be for the OIC'd firearms (stuff like the GSG-15, some M1 variants, Kel Tec SU-16, Type 81, etc.).