Canadian Encounter

I was over at my buddies place in Chadds Ford yesterday. His friend from Canada stopped over to check in on the progress of a couple of our motorcycle builds. I was OC'ing at this point. We were BS'ing and showing him the bikes for a good 45 mins. While in the basement showing him a Harley, the convo goes something like this:

My buddy: Yah that's the bearing cover, damn thing keeps falling off. Waiting for the parts to come back from powder coating. They should...
His buddy interrupts: Oh shit! Is that a gun on your belt?!
Me: Yes it is. Not used to that up in Canada, eh?
His buddy: Wow. No. Not at all. I didn't even notice it 'til right now. Wow.
Me: Yah I have a license for it, but in Pennsylvania at least you don't need a license to carry it openly like this. You do need a license to conceal it or transport it loaded in a car.
His buddy: That's really neat. Wow.

There was more, but it wasn't too related to the Glock at that point. Seems like he was in shock I was carrying and somewhat envious too lol. It's always nice to inform people from states/countries who are lesser privileged with their firearms laws. Not to mention PA residents who have the same lack of knowledge.

Isn't being an iconoclast great? :)

LOL..I like how you added 'eh' at the end of 1 of your sentences. I gamed with a lot of Canadians so I picked it up for a while there.

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Originally Posted by PAFirefighter11

I was over at my buddies place in Chadds Ford yesterday. His friend from Canada stopped over to check in on the progress of a couple of our motorcycle builds. I was OC'ing at this point. We were BS'ing and showing him the bikes for a good 45 mins. While in the basement showing him a Harley, the convo goes something like this:

My buddy: Yah that's the bearing cover, damn thing keeps falling off. Waiting for the parts to come back from powder coating. They should...
His buddy interrupts: Oh shit! Is that a gun on your belt?!
Me: Yes it is. Not used to that up in Canada, eh?
His buddy: Wow. No. Not at all. I didn't even notice it 'til right now. Wow.
Me: Yah I have a license for it, but in Pennsylvania at least you don't need a license to carry it openly like this. You do need a license to conceal it or transport it loaded in a car.
His buddy: That's really neat. Wow.

There was more, but it wasn't too related to the Glock at that point. Seems like he was in shock I was carrying and somewhat envious too lol. It's always nice to inform people from states/countries who are lesser privileged with their firearms laws. Not to mention PA residents who have the same lack of knowledge.

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Originally Posted by PAFirefighter11

...Me: Yah I have a license for it, but in Pennsylvania at least you don't need a license to carry it openly like this. You do need a license to conceal it or transport it loaded in a car.

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Don't forget... a license is also needed to OC in Philly ;) :)

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Originally Posted by HiredGoon

Don't forget... a license is also needed to OC in Philly ;) :)

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Or to transport it UNLOADED in a car, in any manner, to almost any place.

When people show a surprise at you having a gun and pose no other questions, they don't care about every legal stipulation. This guy didn't even ask if it was legal at all. If you must make some sort of statement just say "I have a license" or say "except for a few stipulations you don't even need a license"

Yeah, I have a buddy from north of the boarder. I got him to sign up on here as Peter2772000. His welcome post is http://forum.pafoa.org/forum-announc...ml#post1070822. I think most Canadians would prefer to have gun right. Its just the big mouths took over.

They might not be able to carry, but they don't have a short barrel shotgun (sbs) law. You can have a 9" barrel if you want.

Its a give and take system.

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Originally Posted by Franky4Fingers

They might not be able to carry, but they don't have a short barrel shotgun (sbs) law. You can have a 9" barrel if you want.

Its a give and take system.

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From the website of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police...
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/fs-fd/rp-eng.htm

List of Restricted and Prohibited Firearms[/SIZE]
There are three categories of firearms for purposes of Canadian law:

* non-restricted,
* restricted, and
* prohibited.

This fact sheet identifies which firearms are restricted or prohibited, as set out in the Criminal Code and the Criminal Code Regulations. Some firearms are classified on the bases of their physical characteristics, such as barrel length or type of action; others are specified by make and model.

Non-restricted firearms are any rifles and shotguns that are neither restricted nor prohibited. Most common long guns are non-restricted, but there are a few exceptions, as indicated in this fact sheet.
Definition of a Restricted Firearm

According to the Criminal Code, a restricted firearm is:

* a handgun that is not a prohibited firearm;
* a semi-automatic, centre-fire rifle or shotgun with a barrel length less than 470 mm (18.5 inches) that is not prohibited;
* a rifle or shotgun that can fire when its overall length is reduced by folding, telescoping or some other means to less than 660 mm (26 inches);
* any firearm prescribed as restricted (including some long guns).

Firearms Prescribed as Restricted

This list of restricted firearms specified in the December 1, 1998 Criminal Code regulations includes all firearms that have been restricted by a former Order in Council.

* The firearms of the designs commonly known as the High Standard Model 10, Series A shotgun and the High Standard Model 10, Series B shotgun, and any variants or modified versions of them.
* The firearm of the design commonly known as the M-16 rifle, and any variant or modified version of it, including the:
o Colt AR-15;
o Colt AR-15 SPI;
o Colt AR-15 Sporter;
o Colt AR-15 Collapsible Stock Model;
o Colt AR-15 A2;
o Colt AR-15 A2 Carbine;
o Colt AR-15 A2 Government Model Rifle;
o Colt AR-15 A2 Government Model Target Rifle;
o Colt AR-15 A2 Government Model Carbine;
o Colt AR-15 A2 Sporter II;
o Colt AR-15 A2 H-BAR;
o Colt AR-15 A2 Delta H-BAR;
o Colt AR-15 A2 Delta H-BAR Match;
o Colt AR-15 9mm Carbine;
+ Armalite AR-15;
+ AAI M15;
+ AP74;
+ EAC J-15;
+ PWA Commando;
+ SGW XM15A;
+ SGW CAR-AR;
+ SWD AR-15; and,
o Any 22 calibre rimfire variant, including the:
+ Mitchell M-16A-1/22,
+ Mitchell M-16/22,
+ Mitchell CAR-15/22, and
+ AP74 Auto Rifle.

Definition of a Prohibited Firearm

The Criminal Code states that a prohibited firearm is:

* a handgun with a barrel length of 105 mm (4.1 inches) or less;
* a handgun designed or adapted to discharge 25 or 32 calibre ammunition;
* a rifle or shotgun that has been altered to make it less than 660 mm (26 inches) in overall length;
* a rifle or shotgun that has been altered to make the barrel length less than 457 mm (18 inches) where the overall firearm length is 660 mm (26 inches) or more;
* an automatic firearm and a converted automatic firearm;
* any firearm prescribed as prohibited.

[More follows]

As with all laws, they don't necessarily have to make sense.