本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Currently we have Newspaper headlines about Taser, a kind of electronic means used by police. The news triggers my memory. About three years ago, my friend brought a stun gun from China for self defense. I asked her whether she knows that kind of thing is allowed in Canada, she did not know (she does not know now, I believe), nor did I.
For curiosity and my own knowledge, I have searched the Internet and found a site which shows a very detailed and helpful article “Canada's Gun Laws for Americans”(CGLA).
According to this article, a stun gun can be prohibited in a certain condition in Canada. See the copied text from CGLA:
“any type of stun gun or other electrical charge device of length less than 480mm”.
Even a pepper spray may be illegal:
"Pepper spray is legal if it is intended for use on vicious animals, and is a prohibited weapon if intended for use on vicious humans. On the other hand, if you carry it to protect yourself from vicious animals, and are attacked by a vicious human, it is legal to use it on that vicious human. It doesn't have to make sense, it is government policy."
Well, I believe we have nothing to use for self defense. Anyway, I have to be very careful with those self-defense stuff safe in China but which may send me to jail.
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