I'm planning on moving there not a hunting holiday
2007-03-24 16:07:30 · 13 answers · asked by ffreedive 2 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
If you are flying, just check them in a locked case. Not much different than regular baggage. The x ray machine can see what's inside so they aren't too worried about being surprised. The teller will give you a certificate to fill out and place in the case.
If you are driving go to this website and follow instrustions. www.cfc-cafc.gc.ca click on fact sheets and then on firearm users visiting Canada. It's farly user friendly and everything you need is there. And yes, you can take pistols into Canada quite easilly.
The ferry system does allow firearms and is a beautiful way to travel, but it's expensive if you are hauling very much stuff.
2007-03-26 03:26:47 · answer #1 · answered by ben s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bound's hubby here:
This is an excellent question. You are not the first person to cross through Canada with firearms that are legal in the US that may not be legal in Canada. One of your best sources of information on this process would be the National Rifle Association. It would be advisble that you contact the NRA for information on this process.
You can transport your firearms with you through Canada. However, you need to declare them at the border and seals will be put on them, especially your handguns. It would be very advisable to contact both the US State Department and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for advice on this process. While this may sound inconvenient, this is the best way to insure that your guns do not disappear in transit.
Good luck.
2007-03-24 16:36:17 · answer #2 · answered by gonefornow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If traveling by air, they are treated as checked luggage though you need to warn the air carrier ahead of time in our post 9/11 world.
If you are driving you need to check with Canadian authorities. The law may have changed but there was a provision in the Canadian gun laws allowing American who were driving through Canada to Alaska to have their Long arms placed in a sealed box at the border to drive through, not to be opened until you reach Alaska. Otherwise you would have to get a special permit. I think it would require an act of God to allow an American to bring a handgun into Canada. Handgun will have to be shipped by a Licensed dealer in your old state to a licensed dealer in Alaska, and they will charge a fee at both ends for the paperwork.
2007-03-24 16:29:14 · answer #3 · answered by SW28fan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check with the Alaskan Ferry, they may allow you to have your guns locked away in your vehicle during transit.
At least "Jeremy N" knows what the Alaskan Ferry is LOL - You drive your vehicle right onto the Ferry, it does not go through Canada, you don't have to, fly/ship/disassemble your firearms.
I didn't know if the rules had changed or not but a few years ago all you had to do was have your guns in a locked case in your vehicle. No one was allowed to visit the vehicle deck during transit. .
2007-03-24 17:04:08 · answer #4 · answered by C_F_45 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have dealt with this in the past and found that UPS will ship weapons BUT.
What you wont to do is disassemble them and send them as nonfunctioning weapons.
For a bolt action just remove the bolt and send all weapons in 2 shipments.
It don’t matter how many weapons you ship per box just ship the slide, bolt or cylinder in another box, you could send 10 weapons at a time just brake it up in to shipments with peaces of each weapon in the other box so it is a nonfunctioning weapons.
UPS told me no FFL was needed as long as I was sending to my self or to a shop for upgrades or repair, for them it is counted as gun PARTS not a WEAPON.
But I would advise you insure them high and pack them well, and do not advertise what is in the box, don’t write GUNS handle with care or you will never see them again.
Just put Fragile handle with care this end up.
That my advice.
D58
2007-03-24 17:08:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fly to Oregon, they are much more gun friendly than my liberal state of Washington, and take a ferry to AK. You will have to declare your firearms on the plane ahead of time, but it is a lot less of a hassle than going through to Canada. This way you are under US jurisdiction the whole trip. But I really don't know about the laws for firearms on a ferry.
2007-03-24 17:35:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The easiest way would be to take them with you if you are going to fly. Airliners will check firearms. I know they have to be in a locked cass. Call the airliner you are planning on using to ask them exact procedure. Another way would be to contact UPS or FEDEX and ask them what the best way to ship firearms would be with them. You could probably overnight them. If you are driving, it would be best to NOT bring them with you, because I'm pretty sure Canada frowns on gun possession and probably wouldn't let you carry them. The best bets are flying with them or shipping them via UPS/Fedex.
2007-03-25 08:40:55 · answer #7 · answered by Wildernessguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put them in a giant chocolate easter bunny mold and ship it to a childrens hospital in Alaska, then when u get to Alaska, go to the hospital, with an axe or a hammer, and break the bunny's face off and take the guns out. its as easy as 125 ABE
2007-03-25 05:34:40 · answer #8 · answered by Bdttn2 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe you could just pack them away nicely with the rest of your stuff and not tell anyone that you have them. Then while you are in Canada you can pretend to be one of those anti gun liberal types.
2007-03-25 03:33:11 · answer #9 · answered by ally_oop_64 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pack them like you would for a hunting trip and put them in your vehicle and carry them with you.
2007-03-24 17:50:45 · answer #10 · answered by bluebeest 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋