r/canadaguns • u/Dexcessive • 12d ago

Misc Legality of importing deactivated firearms?

Like the title says. I’m a huge nerd for old and weird guns that came from the 20th century and would love to have some to display on my wall. I’ve found a few both in the states and overseas, I was wondering if anyone had attempted to import any of them?

I know the UK for example is super strict on guns so deacts have to be done to a spec, so would a letter from their government satisfy the RCMP/CBSA?

If anyone does have experience with this, please dm me.

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u/goodfleance 12d ago

They'd have to be deactivated to RCMP standards, regardless of their country's standards. The RCMP issues a certificate of deactivation so you might need to have it looked at by an approved examiner to get that paperwork.

As for importing, I'm not sure if a fully deactivated gun can be simply shipped across or if there's border paperwork on top. I Run Guns can probably answer all these questions for you, I'd give them a look.

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u/AdeptArt 12d ago

IIRC it doesn’t matter if the gun is deactivated the gun itself had to be admissible deactivated or not.

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u/Dexcessive 12d ago

If that’s so that’s so dumb, it’s a metal paperweight ffs

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u/izza123 12d ago

I’ll play devils advocate, I’ve been watching a guy weld grease gun receivers back together from literal chopped up scrap. Anybody who can weld can reactivate a firearm.

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u/Parking_Media 12d ago

Anyone who can weld can make a firearm.

For reference, see Britain in WW2, Australia in WW2, Germany at the very end of WW2.... Etc.

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u/izza123 12d ago

Sure but it’s a whole lot easier to make a machine gun when you start with a deactivated machine gun

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u/AdeptArt 12d ago

not really. only if you have all the parts of a deactivated machine gun.

What are you going to do with half a bolt and the barrel plugged with a material harder than the barrel itself?