Is there some method of storing CCW handgun when entering Canada?

[Sam1911]

Thank you! That almost should be a "Sticky" as this question has a complicated answer but comes up at least once a year.

But it does indeed seem to open an (unexpected? unconsidered? unintended?) loophole by which someone could legitimately leave a gun with an FFL outside of their home state and then pick it up at a later date without breaking the law.



The other less clear, and more "loopy," loophole seems to be whether you can place your gun in the care of someone else or some other entity, possibly for a fee, in such a way that it is locked up and so not considered to be in their possession, and then retrieve it from them? The "safe deposit box" solution folks mention frequently.

I've also heard folks wonder about gun shops offering this as a service, with lockers and you take your key with you. I'd imagine few places would want that hassle, considering dealing with guns left unclaimed, and having to open lockers for people who've lost their key when the dealer truly must not maintain a master key or spares.

 

[Jim K]

My wife and I took a trip to Canada a couple of years ago. I made sure there were no guns,, ammo or related objects in the car, as well as no "gun" stickers or political material of any kind (no "USA#1" stuff). Even so, the woman Canadian customs officer insisted that I "must have guns" as "you just look the type" and a few other insults. This went on while she searched the car, making me run it up on a ramp while she checked underneath. Finally, frustrated, she called me more names and finally allowed me to leave. No more trips to Canada for me.

Jim

 

[dogtown tom]

My wife and I took a trip to Canada a couple of years ago. I made sure there were no guns,, ammo or related objects in the car, as well as no "gun" stickers or political material of any kind (no "USA#1" stuff). Even so, the woman Canadian customs officer insisted that I "must have guns" as "you just look the type" and a few other insults. This went on while she searched the car, making me run it up on a ramp while she checked underneath. Finally, frustrated, she called me more names and finally allowed me to leave. No more trips to Canada for me.

Jim

You should have taken off your NRA ballcap.

 

[fguffey]

I have always left my gun at the border with the Canadians, they have always returned it. Problem? The gun must be picked by the owner they are not going to forward the pistol, they are not going to ship it (period). I have always looked forward going to Canada, coming back was another matter.

F. Guffey

 

[fguffey]

"...spent pistol cartridge is illegal in Canada..." Nope, but it'll make Her Majesty's Canadian Customs types suspicious

I declared my pistol and then asked them if they wanted it loaded or unloaded; they said unloaded so I rotated the cylinder and emptied the pistol. I then ask them if they wanted the bullets; and they said no so I placed them in a pocket, they gave me my receipt for the pistol. I could not have been treated nicer. Long story.

F. Guffey

 

[DM~]

I can't even count the times I've went in and stayed in Canada, or traveled through it, crossing in all kinds of different places...

I've had spent brass right in sight more than a few times and not even ONE time did customs ask me about it or search my vehicle because of it!

I believe it's all about how YOU act, and/or how you treat THEM... I can't say I can blame them for that!

I know for a fact, that they randomly pick vehicles to check, just to see if they get lucky... Also doing that, flushes out "other" vehicles that ARE doing something wrong, when they see some one's car getting searched...

DM