Taking a gun into Canada?
 

We'll be traveling this coming spring into BC. I carry a Ruger Redhawk with a 4.20" barrel while traveling. I have a concealed weapons permit in Wyoming. I have tried wading through Canadian "regs" and think I have a handle on it, but can anyone tell me what (if anything) I have to do to legally enter Canada with this revolver?

LEAVE IT AT HOME!! Carrying or hunting with a sidearm in Canada is a Federal offence. You will loose it at the border if you try to bring it across. Not to mention being arrested.
Good luck.

Ron:D

YEP what he said!!!!!!

Bad idea. you will go to jail here. Handguns are not allowed.

I am a hunting consultant and send hunters across the border all the time and the one tip I always give them is leave all pistols at home.

Are you familiar with their: "Non-Resident Firearms Declaration"? As I read, it allows you to pay a fee and bring it over the border, legally.
It "allows a non-resident who shows up at the US/Canada border with non-restricted or restricted firearms."

From an article entitled: Canada's Gun Laws for Americans (http://panda.com/canadaguns/#prohibited)
"Handguns with a barrel shorter than 105mm (4.14 inches) and/or in caliber .25 or .32 areprohibited in Canada and are illegal to possess in Canada."
Because of the barrel length, my gun by definition is "resticted", not prohibited.
So I'm getting mixed results here. Don't get me wrong, I don't have to bring it, but we will be in transit in several US cities before getting to Canada and I like to have it.

Take it with you to the border and then leave it in a lock box somehwere and pick it up after you cross back over. If you take it with you let us know how it turns out.

I've thought about that. Be going in near Oroville, WA and would look for a bus station or something at the airport. Maybe even the police station.

I was really hoping from what I'd found that I could keep it.

Once confirmed, the Non-resident Firearms Declaration will act as a temporary license and registration certificate while in Canada and is valid for 60 days. Visitors may renew their temporary license any time during a 12-month period without paying an additional fee. Unlicensed non-residents who plan to borrow a firearm in Canada must obtain a Temporary Borrowing License

You asked for advice, and people are giving it to you...people who live here. As a US citizen, you are not allowed to have in your possession, while in Canada, a handgun. Restricted or prohibited, that does not apply to you. You can call your guide in BC or where ever it is you're going and ask him. And better yet, call the RCMP and ask them. I carry a restricted firearm license which allows me to own handguns for the sole purpose of going to my gun club and shooting at a target range. I have to keep them in a locked case at home and when travelling with them. I also have to go to my local police department and apply for a permit to take it to the gun club shooting range. And a permit to bring it back home. And if they catch me anywhere except a direct route to and from that shooting range, I'll loose my license, gun and pay a hell of a big fine. I'll say it one more time...hand guns are illegal in Canada unless you're a resident and have passed the course and got the license. I can guarantee you, if you bring that gun into Canada you will be arrested if caught with it. And your stay will probably be longer than you anticipated.

The only exception is a federal licensed gun dealer.

Read this again and again, then remember it. Serious stuff.

Ron:biggrin:

I thought I posted my final response; "I'm not going to take it to or accross the border." Thanks all!