[proud_yank]

It’s Canada. Handguns are illegal.

They're not illegal, just highly regulated. You need a restricted firearms license, and can only shoot them at ranges. Going to/from the range, you have to drive the most direct route. They need to be stored unloaded & locked. Those were the laws when I left there three years ago.

[familyop]

You can also be licensed up there for a bear defense weapon and to be restricted to a rural area and routes to that particular area. But it’s still a restriction.