Owners will be able to get a form from a toll free line, at a post office or gun shop, fill it in at home, and send it in. They will register on forms made simple after consultations with the firearms community. We have taken every step we can to ensure that the registration and licensing of firearms in Canada is hassle-free and easily affordable. Hunting is an activity that has been enjoyed by many Canadians for generations. To farmers, firearms are needed to protect crops.
Target shooting is a sport at which Canada excels internationally.
Firearms, for some, are needed for sustenance and are a part of a way of life. Let me make it perfectly clear. The Government of Canada unequivocally respects the legitimate rights of gun owners. Our new Firearms Act is not about confiscation. Such fears were raised when gun control was first introduced in Canada in the 1970s.