r/canadaguns • u/Traditional_Bus2955 • Jul 02 '26

Misc Gun cabinet for the poors

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Finally finished my makeshift Amazon only gun locker for my apartment. It’s obviously not built to keep a determined person or a fire out but it keeps me legal. Total cost was $320.

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u/SpinachStunning5547 Jul 02 '26

Really nice but you might want to check the legality of it. Law about this are a grey area as usual but I am not sure this qualifies as "cannot easily be broken into". Here id the law: "stored in a container, receptacle or room that is kept securely locked and that is constructed so that it cannot readily be broken open or into;"

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u/Scary-Detail-3206 Jul 02 '26

Ya that exposed padlock might be pushing the envelope. The cheap gun cabinets are considered legal, but they have an integral locking mechanism. I wouldn’t want to have to argue this one in court

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u/DoYouGetSarcasm Jul 02 '26

Exposed padlock is good enough for a safe. It was argued in court in R v barnes (2011 Ontario) which laid out that a school locker locked with a pad lock is a safe for gun laws.

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u/SpinachStunning5547 Jul 02 '26

Yeah padlock was not really the problem here. The whole construction is. You push that thing on its side and it would probably explode in pieces. Imo it is pushing the limit of what is legal. But still looks nice.

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u/NeruLight Jul 03 '26

You can display non restricted firearms on the wall of your home with a gun lock (and no ammo displayed alongside). These people humming along to “that doesn’t look legal” are an absolute -gas-

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u/SpinachStunning5547 Jul 03 '26

Yeah you said it.. with a gun lock.