GUILTY or NOT?

GUILTY or NOT? / Glossary

Canadian legal glossary

Non-restricted firearm

An ordinary rifle or shotgun that is neither prohibited nor restricted. Some offences, including possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm, do not reach it.

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Related category: Firearms & Weapons

Possession, careless storage, pointing, discharging and trafficking — the Criminal Code firearm and weapons offences, and what the Crown has to prove about the gun itself. The newest Firearms & Weapons cases in the library:

• The Bag Under the Seat 2021 Currie v R — Possession of a firearm while prohibited (s. 117.01) and related firearm offences · Court of Appeal of New Brunswick
• Over the Waist-High Fence 2019 R v Le — Ten firearm, drug and related offences (Criminal Code; CDSA) · Supreme Court of Canada (Ontario)
• The Backpack in the Alley 2024 R v Sabiston — Firearm offences arising from possession of a loaded sawed-off shotgun · Supreme Court of Canada (Saskatchewan)
• The Trunk on the Highway 2025 R v Ramdeo — Possession of an imitation firearm for a purpose dangerous to the public peace (s. 88(1)) · Court of Appeal for Ontario
• The Backpack on the Ground 2026 R v McGuinness — Possession of a loaded prohibited firearm (s. 95(1)) · Provincial Court of British Columbia

All 32 Firearms & Weapons cases →

See also: Firearms vocabulary

• operability
• prohibited firearm
• restricted firearm
• imitation firearm
• careless storage
• prohibition order
• amnesty order
• forfeiture

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