***This is a post from CGN***

My firearms were seized by the RCMP 3 years ago and I just recently had them returned, including my prohib AR. It was a very long, exhausting, mentally draining and expensive process. It is not possible to navigate without experienced counsel representing you. Approx 13k in legal fees just relating to the s. 111 prohibition application the RCMP filed. They will do anything and everything in their power to ensure you lose and intimidate you into just giving up. This includes violating the criminal code, violating the RCMP act, creating false narratives that they stupidly commit to, manipulating and falsifying evidence, violating lawyer/client privilege, and abusing their authority. During this 3 year process approximately 6 RCMP members were found to have been guilty of; neglect of duty, breach of trust, and discreditable conduct on multiple counts. If they wouldn't have been caught they would have succeeded. As soon as one got caught they all started throwing each other under the bus. The file had to be reassigned to 4 different members. The last guy it got assigned to was a traffic cop that had zero involvement with the file whatsoever. I actually felt terrible for him because they fed this guy to the wolves and made him responsible for everything when he had zero involvement.

Seizure occurs in 2023 under "exigent circumstances". No criminal record, no charges laid. Half the detachment shows up running around pointing their C8's at me just because I own firearms. I obviously fully cooperate and provide them with all information, keys, trigger lock codes etc. Everything was stored above the requirements of the Firearms Act which they stated in their report. I return to my house after they finish the seizure. They had completely trashed my house to the point where it looked like it had been robbed and then intentionally trashed. Unnecessary damage to my home and destroyed personal property, they also trashed the carpets with mud and grass stains. This was the first issue that led to the superintendent having to write a formal apology on behalf of the entire detachment for how they conducted the seizure and desecrated my home. The secure room where the firearms were stored also housed approx 50k of sensitive electronic equipment for my work that was thrown around. They seized my spent primer collection, but left my XL650, primers, powder, bullets, and a few thousand rounds of ammunition. Not wanting them to show up with the circus and trash my house again, I literally just gave everything to my my friends with PAL's for free. I believe I retained counsel immediately after the seizure. RCMP immediately contact the CFO regulatory support unit to ask for my PAL to be placed under review. This is something they actively tried to hide, we were not aware of this until over 2 years later and it only came out from FOI requests that had to be made because absolutely nothing made sense. The Crown intentionally excluded it from disclosure. This is what is known as Breach of Duty. "The Crown prosecution has a constitutional obligation to provide the defense with full and timely disclosure of all relevant information."

A few months later I come home and one of the cops from the seizure that is in charge of the file (for now) is parked at my house. As I get out of my vehicle he comes up and serves me with an affidavit for a s. 111 firearms prohibition application. While he's serving me he is basically talking trash to me and trying to intimidate me and says something along the lines of "we know everything". I thank him for the affidavit and kindly ask him to serve any future legal documents to my counsel, or serve me at their detachment. Instead of showing up to wait for me and harass me at my home. Until this point I still had no idea what was going on. When I went inside I read the affidavit and it read equivalent to a 12 year old girls diary or a fictional story written by a schizophrenic person. Zero evidence other than hearsay, double hearsay, and triple hearsay. My counsel and I now start to paint a picture but still are so in the dark.

A month or two later. They messed up the affidavit so they had to re-serve me. I get a call from a new officer who is now assigned (for now) and says the previous officer is no longer involved. He asks me to come to the detachment to serve me a new affidavit. I show up and they have 3 officers waiting for me and wouldn't even let me in the front door without fully searching me. I believe all 3 were present at the seizure. I confusingly ask what is going on and what the reasoning behind the need to search me and have 3 officers present to serve me an affidavit is. The officer assigned says "We've seen your trophies, we are scared of you." I realized he was referring to my IPSC and USPSA trophies they must have all seen when they were conducting the seizure. I retired from competitive shooting in 2019 and have trophies from matches all over Canada, the US and EU. The cat is starting to claw its way out of the bag and I'm starting to realize what is happening. I thank them, leave and go home to read the new affidavit and speak to counsel. The changes in the affidavit seem irrelevant and negligible, but we have yet to receive any disclosure packages from The Crown.

A few months later a disclosure package is finally sent. Cat is out of the bag, except the cat is dead. If you guessed that this had something to do with an ex-girlfriend up until this point, you deserve a beer. But it gets so much crazier from here on out. When they seized my firearms because they were seized under "exigent circumstances" and not with a warrant. That only allowed them to search and seize the firearms. Turns out they went through everything they could get their fingers on while they were in my house unsupervised. Not only did they go through all my lawyer/client protected court documents from an ongoing civil supreme court lawsuit. They found a handwritten note in one of my drawers that was written by my ex-girlfriend before our final breakup. The note read; "I'm sorry. I love you. I didn't want any of this. Still and always here for you, promise." That note was written well before any of this and the relationship continued for months after it was written. When the RCMP "accidentally" found this note during the seizure they determined it to be a suicide note written by me. They never questioned me about it, they just incorrectly assumed. I'm sure you guys can see the road this is heading down by now.

S. 111 hearing date is scheduled for 2 years later.

Counsel starts to get really active and gets to work. He gets the RCMP to amend their false police report regarding the note and we start going after the officers involved for the other issues. The officers try to double down and it fails. He eventually learns The Crown won't touch my ex with a 40' pole. The S. 111 full day hearing approaches and we are excited. As the hearing date approaches Crown becomes desperate. They have no evidence against me so they release a new disclosure package that includes PRIME-BC records. These are like journal/diary entries from officers that cannot be used in court except in extremely limited circumstances. It's pure hearsay. One of their arguments for why I shouldn't own firearms was a PRIME-BC record where someone reported me for "brake checking" them on the highway. However the night before the hearing The Crown notifies us they are withdrawing their application citing they have no argument as to why I shouldn't be allowed to possess firearms. Their disclosure also said that I had a valid PAL, but mentioned nothing about my PAL being under review even though they were the ones to initiate the review. So Counsel and I think they must return everything now.

IT'S OVER! WE WON RIGHT?...No you idiot, they are just getting started with you.

The Crown withdrew the application instead of asking for it to be dismissed. They did this because if it was dismissed the judge would have issued a dismissal order which would aid in forcing the RCMP to return my personal property. I do as my counsel instructs and attempt to arrange to pickup my property after the application was withdrawn. They only allow me to pickup my physical valid PAL. I continue to get the run around for weeks. After persisting the officer asks when I would like to pick them up. I tell him and then get a reply. "I have been instructed by the evidence clerk and my ssgt to not release your firearms under any circumstances as your PAL is under review." It is now almost 3 years later and we are just finding out my PAL is under review. FOI requests later reveal the RCMP initiated the review immediately after the seizure. It was at this point I became quite frustrated, upset, and felt completely defeated. I felt that if I had known that my PAL was under review I would have not put myself through all the trouble and just had everything non restricted transferred to a friend and have counsel argue to export all the restricted/banned firearms to the US via a broker.

Firearm suppressors are currently illegal to own in Canada, but are legal and even encouraged in the US and many European countries. Suppressors alone do not make a gunshot silent; rather, they reduce its volume significantly. Suppressors can also be used in conjunction with subsonic ammunition, which does not produce a sonic boom when fired. This combination can render a gunshot almost completely silent and hearing-safe.

The legalization of suppressors is important for reducing the impact on the hearing health of the shooter and nearby people. It also lowers the gunshot noise generated by an active shooting range or a hunter out in the forest, resulting in fewer noise complaints by range neighbours and less environmental impact on the part of hunters.

If suppressors are legalized, I propose the implementation of a federal tax of $25 on the sale of each new suppressor. This special tax revenue would be partially allocated towards improved border security targeted at reducing the flow of illegal weapons smuggled into Canada from the United States. Smuggled weapons account for the vast majority of gun violence in this country. The second portion of the tax revenue would be allocated towards supporting the victims of gun violence, whether that be through mental health initiatives, enhanced medical care or direct financial support.

There are approximately 2 million licensed firearms owners in Canada. If each of them bought just one suppressor in a given year, the $25 tax per suppressor would result in an extra 50 million dollars the federal government could put towards eradicating firearms smuggling and assisting the victims of gun violence.

This suppressor initiative benefits everyone except for the criminals who smuggle and kill with illegal weapons. Firearms owners benefit from less hearing damage, range neighbours and the environment suffer less from noise pollution, the government benefits from increased funding to reduce the impact of gun smuggling and gun crime, and the victims of gun violence are granted increased support.

I've got my third notification about my final chance to apply for the gun buyback. But as far as I know I don't own any prohibited weapons. My rifles are either bolt action or lever action, except for a .22 and a shotgun, which last I checked were not on the list. They may be on a future list.

I assume they are just emailing everyone with a PAL because they're too lazy to go through the records to send out emails with the prohibited weapon(s) in question. My view is that until you show up at my door with a request for a specific weapon, STFU. My .22 was peanuts and they're never going to compensate me full value for my shotgun, so MEH.

Stumbled across this and was like, are they serious? Regardless of the spelling of defence or whatever, this could still be bought by a child? With no training or license.

WITHDRAW from the ASFCP: if you’ve already declared your firearms, it’s not too late to withdraw. The program itself outlines how to do so.

Worst case scenario, the Supreme Court ruling rules in favour of the government, deciding all previous bans were just.

What do we expect? Another OIC wrapping up the remaining semi-autos by model?

New legislation announced banning firearms by newly defined features?

https://windsorstar.com/news/local-...-who-improperly-stored-firearms#comments-area

The Ontario Court of Justice on Monday, July 6, 2020, in Windsor, ON. (Dan Janisse-The Windsor Star) The Windsor Star

Prosecutors are seeking a five-year prison sentence for a weapons collector who improperly stored more than 20 restricted firearms in his Windsor apartment.

Hengwei Zhong, 31, “abused the privilege” of his firearms license by leaving his handguns unlocked in his bedroom and by attempting to smuggle handgun parts from the U.S. into Canada, assistant Crown attorney Reem Said told court on Tuesday.

“The public depends on individuals who have a government-issued firearm license to follow the rules,” Said told Ontario Court Justice Daniel Topp. “An improper handling or storage of firearms places people at risk and must be denounced by the court.”

Zhong previously pleaded guilty to one federal count of attempting to smuggle prohibited handgun barrels into Canada and eight counts of improper storage of firearms.

According to a summary of facts shared with the Star, CBSA officers seized a parcel at a UPS facility in Windsor on May 8, 2025, that contained two prohibited .38 calibre handgun barrels, a restricted 9 mm calibre semi-automatic handgun barrel and two revolver cylinders. The parcel was addressed to Zhong and had been declared as “auto parts.”

By importing the revolver parts “the accused was carrying out his intention to convert restricted firearms to prohibited firearms and, therefore, attempted to manufacture a firearm,” the facts stated.

Zhong, a citizen of China, holds a firearm license and has 26 registered firearms, court heard.

Following the seizure of the parcel, CBSA investigators and members of the Windsor Police Emergency Services Unit executed a search warrant at Zhong’s Windsor residence on July 17, 2025.

According to the facts, Zhong’s license required that 22 of his firearms be stored at his Windsor residence, but investigators recovered only 19 when the warrant was executed. The three missing handguns were later recovered at a Windsor shop where Zhong had taken them to be refinished.

The 19 handguns recovered were all found in Zhong’s bedroom, but none of them were stored in a locked container and many were not secured with proper locking devices, the facts stated.

Officers also seized 30 drop-in auto sears, a prohibited device used to convert semi-automatic rifles into fully automatic firearms.

According to a news release last September, CBSA said officers had seized 175 magazines, of which 104 were prohibited, and approximately 17,000 rounds of ammunition at the Windsor home.

At the time of his arrest in 2025, Zhong had been working at Tactical Imports Corp., a Canadian retailer of licensed firearms and tactical equipment, on a post-graduate work permit since 2022. Zhong had arrived in Canada in 2019 for graduate studies at the University of Winsor

“Mr. Zhong is not an outlaw or anywhere close to it,” defence lawyer Robert DiPietro Sr. said Tuesday in requesting a monetary penalty of $500 to $1,000 per count in lieu of a sentence behind bars.

DiPietro cited Zhong’s guilty plea and lack of a prior criminal record as mitigating factors.

He added that his client’s employer describes Zhong as “a firearms collector and fascinated with technical aspects of the firearm (who is) skilled at disassembling and reassembling firearms” and a “hardworking, efficient team member who carries his weight.”

Said pushed back against the defence’s position of imposing a fine, arguing that it “cannot possibly satisfy denunciation or deterrence where the offender is actively obtaining, importing, possessing the tools that would either make the weapons that he had more concealable or convert them from semi-automatic to automatic.”

The 30 auo sears seized by the CBSA create “extraordinary risk for the public safety,” she said. “Their sole purpose is the rapid discharge of large volumes of ammunition. That inherent danger of a firearm capable of fully automatic fire cannot be considered a mere regulatory offence.”

Zhong apologized when given the opportunity to speak in court.

“I feel really, really sorry for what I did,” he told Justice Topp. “I absolutely had no intention to cause any harm. I never had the intention to sell my firearms.”

Justice Topp is expected to render a sentencing decision in the fall.

Since the design is older than bill C-21 they should be able to make them AR mag compatible for the .223 and .308 versions (Pistol Mags). I do appreciate the effort, although execution can be lacking with them from time to time.

https://macleans.ca/society/canadians-are-buying-more-guns/

Canadians Are Buying More Guns

Like it or not, many people feel safer with a firearm at home

Gun licence applications are on the rise in the Greater Toronto Area. Between 2016 and 2025, the number of applicants for possession and acquisition licences, or PALs—the permits that allow Canadians to buy firearms—have increased by nearly 50 per cent. In some parts of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, like the eastern suburb of Peel, they’ve more than doubled. And southern Ontario isn’t the only place where this is happening. The number of PAL licence holders across Canada is quickly nearing 2.5 million, the highest count on record.

For a lot of Canadians, this doesn’t square with our self-image. Our gun culture—or supposed lack thereof—has always been a major way we differentiate ourselves from the U.S. We tell ourselves that, unlike our trigger-happy southern neighbours, firearms in Canada aren’t a cornerstone of our lives or our Constitution. To a certain extent, this is true.

In the past few decades, as American gun culture became more strident, Canada has enacted a series of ever-stricter gun-control laws. In 1995, Parliament passed a landmark bill introducing universal licensing for all firearms and a registry to track them. After the 2020 rampage shooting in Nova Scotia, the Trudeau government outlawed more than 1,500 models and variants of firearms. That list was expanded in 2024, and again by the Carney government in March of this year. In 2022, Canada also put a freeze on handgun sales. Compared to America’s open-carry laws, which allow grocery shoppers to carry handguns as they buy their broccoli, Canada is obviously tame by comparison.

But it would be wrong to say that this country has no gun culture. I know because I’m part of it. I shot a rifle for the first time as a Boy Scout when I was 12 years old. Now I shoot recreationally at a range near my home in Ontario. I’m part of the seven per cent of Canadian adults who own guns. It’s a number far lower than America’s 32 per cent, but it’s certainly not nothing.

People are buying guns now for different reasons than they did a few decades ago. In the ’70s, only 20 per cent of Americans said they owned a gun for self-defence, with the vast majority using their firearms for hunting. Nowadays, self-defence is the main motivation for more than 75 per cent of gun owners. A similar trend followed in Canada: in 2023, 30 per cent of gun-owning Canadians said self-defence was their primary reason for owning a gun, up from only six per cent in the late 1990s.

Gun ownership is also changing demographically: the days when gun owners were almost exclusively older white men like myself are gone, and the gender, age and racial makeup of the gun-owning public is looking a lot more like that of Canada’s general population. Since the 1980s, women have been the fastest-growing demographic of gun owners, now representing 13 per cent of them.

The rise of gun ownership is a natural consequence of a world that seems a lot scarier than it used to. I recently spoke with a man who said he’d been considering getting his firearms licence for some time, but Trump’s threats to make Canada the 51st state finally pushed him over the edge. The link between threatening events and gun ownership is clear. During the COVID-19 pandemic, for instance, gun purchases in both the U.S. and Canada rose significantly. In Canada, our safe storage regulations mean most guns are kept in locked boxes or safes, making their self-defence capabilities pretty meagre. But for many people, simply owning a gun offers a feeling of security.

Gun ownership is also on the rise among newcomers. Many move to Canada from countries where guns are more strictly regulated and want to take advantage of the freedom to own a firearm. On the flip side, some newcomers come from places where guns are the norm. In Pakistan, for example, there’s a strong hunting culture, and firearm ownership is common. Turkey has a massive small arms industry, and guns have a deep symbolic value. It’s why the Turkish president gifted Mark Carney a revolver at the NATO summit in July.

The growth in licensing and ownership is partly due to the rising popularity of tactical sports, like 3-Gun or IPSC, which simulate combat, and which have spread largely via social media. Entirely new demographics are being exposed to the idea of gun ownership, disrupting the traditional model, which relied on family members passing down skills and firearms. At my rural gun range, the mix of members and guests reflects these changing demographics.

We’ll never have a gun culture like the U.S. Our licensing laws, training requirements and other restrictions prevent it from taking hold, even if there was an appetite for it. We have no second amendment enshrining the right to bear arms or castle law to protect gun-wielding homeowners. Nor do we have a historic cowboy culture to look back on. By and large, Canadian gun owners are also proud of our safety culture. They know that when people get killed by guns, gun control ramps up. So safety measures aren’t viewed as an imposition, but rather common-sense rules that make the use of guns safer for all of us.

But what we are getting closer to is a culture where, like in the U.S., guns are a flavour of normal. In rural areas, this has always been true, but more and more city-dwellers are now interested in guns. The idea of owning them has always been framed in Canada as something deviant—a bad behaviour reserved for those with malicious intent. This is changing. And as the world gets more dangerous, or at least feels like it, Canada’s conventional wisdom on guns will keep shifting toward greater acceptance.

A.J. Somerset is the author of Arms: The Culture and Credo of The Gun.

Just wondering if anyone had any insight on this pcc. Not sure if it already has an FRT, as far as I can tell it has proprietary upper and lower meaning it can't use an AR one.

Sent a message and considering emailing the journalist personally. Read the title, read the article, look at the photo. This is the kind of garbage journalism that leaves uninformed Canadians supporting Gun Grab policies. Its not just the CBC.

By Analysis by The Big Story podcast

Posted August 27, 2026 5:02 am.

Canadians have largely touted that one of our most distinctive attributes from the U.S. is our gun culture, and while that’s mostly true, the number of Canadian firearm licences has reached record levels.

The number of Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL) holders in Canada now sits at close to 2.5 million, a number that’s seen steady growth since 2021. With the growth of licences comes the growth in interest, which isn’t necessarily in line with the Canadian psyche.

Host Maria Kestane speaks to Noah Schwartz, professor and author of Targeted: Citizenship, Advocacy, and Gun Control in Canada. They discuss how Canada’s gun culture has evolved over recent years, why more people are interested in owning firearms, and how Ottawa can regulate a market that now includes 3D-printed paraphernalia.

Pleasantly shocked by this but very happy as a Mississauga resident. Anyone been here yet? My buddy went and had a great time but wanted to see if anyone else has any thoughts

What does everyone think the realistic outlook of this new liberal majority government is in respect to him ownership?

I'm sure there are opinions on both extremes but what is a grounded logical prediction of what the next 3+ years could look like ?

A lot of ownership options and restrictions have already been pushed through so it seems like it's just crumbs left to take away. Certainly I don't think anyone predicts reversals, regardless of the supreme court ruling as a majority government can now pass laws to crystallise their objectives.

I was on a photo walk downtown and came across this manifestation. I'm pro-gun also, got my rpal license. Here are some pics I took of the manif and participants.

TL;DR: Working on a YouTube video about gun laws in Poland vs Canada — looking for input from Canadian gun owners. Any insights appreciated!

Hi everyone,

I’m currently working on a YouTube video for my channel Nexos, where I want to compare firearm laws and gun ownership between Poland and Canada.

I’ve just come back from Canada and had the chance to talk with some family and friends, so I already have a general idea of how things work here. That said, I’d really like to hear directly from people who actually live in Canada and are part of the firearms community — to make this material as accurate, reliable, and fair as possible.

The goal of this video is not to mock or criticize either country. I strongly believe that gun owners and shooters around the world should support each other rather than argue. Recently, I’ve often seen Poland being referred to as the “Texas of Europe,” which made me even more interested in doing a deeper, fact-based comparison.

This will be the first episode in a series where I compare different countries — starting with Canada and Poland, since I’m both Polish and Canadian 🙂 I want to take a closer look at “my two countries” and present it in an interesting way for both Poles and international viewers.

Below, I’ve prepared a list of questions I’d love to get answers to. If any of you are willing to take a few minutes to respond — to all or even just some of them — I’d really appreciate it.

Additionally, in the comments, I’ll include answers to the same questions from the Polish perspective, so you can see how things work in a country that guards NATO’s eastern border.

I’ve also added a few photos of my firearms and shooting activities to give you a bit of a feel for what the shooting scene looks like in Poland.

Questions (Canada perspective)

1. Is it legal to own firearms in Canada? If so, under what conditions?
2. How long does it take to obtain a firearms licence?
3. Are medical, psychological, or background checks required during the licensing process?
4. Is the firearms licence granted as a strict administrative decision, or is there discretionary judgment involved?
5. Once you have a licence, how many firearms can you own?
6. What does the firearm purchasing process look like?
7. How must firearms and ammunition be stored?
8. Is it legal to carry firearms on your person?
9. What are the rules for transporting firearms (e.g., to a shooting range)?
10. What types of firearms are legal to own, and which are prohibited?
11. Are there any restrictions on firearm accessories, attachments, or modifications?
12. Are there any clothing or gear restrictions (e.g., camouflage, tactical gear)?
13. Are there magazine capacity limits?
14. Where are you allowed to shoot?
15. Are any types of shooting activities restricted (e.g., dynamic shooting, tactical drills)?
16. A difficult topic: self-defense with a firearm — is it legal?
17. How does Canadian society generally perceive firearms and gun ownership?
18. Approximately how many firearms and firearm owners are there in Canada?

Just was wondering if these new 50% tarrifs will drive up the cost of new firearms coming from America?

Eg. Carmel and Makasi ?

I read over the list and all the items and it doesnt say anything about firearms/parts/accessories/scopes/ammunition

Am i missing something?

I dont really feel like paying another 50% on top of the price of the Carmel and I dont think anyone else here does either