OT: What is the law in Canada re carrying

X-Files · May 3, 2007

What is the law in Canada re carrying concealed weapons,
in particular a knife?

What might be the legal consequences for pepper spraying
someone, not an animal but supposedly a human being who
is acting like an animal?

xpanda · May 3, 2007

Pepper spray is illegal here. That said, I pepper sprayed a guy once and the cops arrested him, not me.

Carrying a concealed weapon is also illegal. Dunno specifically about a knife, but I think there are like 50 people in the whole country who have a concealed weapons permit.

X-Files · May 3, 2007

xpanda said:
Pepper spray is illegal here. That said, I pepper sprayed a guy once and the cops arrested him, not me.

That's a surprise considering it is illegal to use pepper spray on a human
in Canada*. I carry it for use on dogs since i've been bitten while working
& they often don't like me anyway, plus many people let theirs illegally
run loose w/o a leash. But under the right circumstances i would use it
on a homo sapien if necessary.

*Law enforcement excepted

Recently there has been campaining for women to be able to carry a
concealed weapon to protect themselves:

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=b479cad0-e8ed-4b0c-bd8b-fe3c777db7e1

X-Files · May 3, 2007

An opinion on knife laws in Canada:

http://www.cutleryscience.com/reviews/canada.html

MattRain · May 3, 2007

X-Files said:
An opinion on knife laws in Canada:

http://www.cutleryscience.com/reviews/canada.html

Interesting, thanks for the link. I often carry a general-purpose Opinel folding knife (100% used to open packages received at work or at home). Had never even thought about its legality.

viking611 · May 3, 2007

X-Files said:
An opinion on knife laws in Canada:

http://www.cutleryscience.com/reviews/canada.html

that is a writing from 1999....doubt that guy carries his knife onto planes anymore.

X-Files · May 3, 2007

viking611 said:
that is a writing from 1999....doubt that guy carries his knife onto planes anymore.

I doubt it. Although 4 years ago my pepper spray passed through
airport security on a flight w/i Canada.

xpanda · May 3, 2007

X-Files said:
That's a surprise considering it is illegal to use pepper spray on a human
in Canada*.

I think at the end of the day, given the circumstances, arresting me for defending myself would have made for bad press. He was following me home in the middle of the night. Tried the "turn around and scream at him" trick, and got jumped. Already had the pepper spray in my hand, so used it.

The cop did take my spray from me, tho. But that was the extent of it.