r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Oct 23 '22

Weekly Newbies & FAQ Thread - Post your questions here for PAL/RPAL application, timelines, CFSC/CFSRC, references & requirements, or general new to firearms ownership -type questions

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '22

Laws involving suppressors

Hello all I am wondering what are the laws involving suppressors when it comes to firearms. I know I could look it up but most of the language used in the gun law can be too vague.

Thank for the advice in advance.

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u/ggdrguy Oct 27 '22

The law is you cannot have any device that lessens the decibels on a gunshot. Any caliber any action. No vagueness there, just not allowed…

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '22

Thank you.

For the vague part I was referring to some of the other laws they sometime use general terms I find so it doesn't click in my head as well as it should.

Would you happen to have a link so can read up. Every time I try to find them I end up in a loop. Or a website quoting the laws

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u/ggdrguy Oct 27 '22

Section 84(1) of the Criminal Code prescribes any device or contrivance designed or intended to muffle or stop the sound or report of a firearm to be a prohibited device. The import or export of a prohibited device by anyone not authorized to do so, or the transfer of a prohibited device to, or its possession by, any person who does not hold a license authorizing its possession, are offences under the Criminal Code.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '22

Thanks.

That makes me wonder about rifles like the gsg 16 that look like they have a suppressor on them. Are they just muzzle breaks made to look like a suppressor?

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u/ggdrguy Oct 27 '22

They are either muzzle breaks, linear compensator or just a tacticool devise that does nothing but add weight and coolness factor

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '22

Ah cool thanks you for help

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u/Beretta_errata removeddit pro Oct 27 '22

Criminal Code of Canada

Definitions

84 (1)

prohibited device means

(a) any component or part of a weapon, or any accessory for use with a weapon, that is prescribed to be a prohibited device,

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(c) a device or contrivance designed or intended to muffle or stop the sound or report of a firearm,

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u/Brilliant_Gift1917 Oct 27 '22

Liberal Party saw James Bond or John Wick or whatever and found them too scary. Anything that reduces the noise at all is prohibited. I may be wrong but I believe you also have to be careful with 'Flash Hiders' too because some of them are called "Flash Suppressor" in the name, and the "Suppressor" bit terrifies them.