How To Bring Your Gun Into Canada…Assuming You Really Want To

By Dan Zimmerman

By James England via concealednation.org

Some of the very best hunting and fishing in North America can be found in Canada. However, our brother to the North does not have the same thoughts about firearms as we do. As a point of curiosity, we decided to investigate what it would take to bring our everyday carry (EDC) firearms across the border . . .

Fun Fact: There are over 1.9 million licenses to possess firearms and of those issued, only 22,000 have been revoked by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). For comparison, there’s an estimated more than 8 million concealed carry permit holders* in the United States.

Introduction To Canadian Firearms And Permitting

The majority of licensed firearms in Canada are predominantly hunting rifles and shotguns. For those few who own and operate full size handguns, those are generally classified by Canada as “restricted firearms”. Concealed carry permits are not issued to non-residents and it would be extremely hard to find a Canadian that’s not a member of a Canadian law enforcement agency who has one.

There are three basic types of permitting available to residents:

• PAL – Possession and Acquire License
• POL …read more

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