What if you could use a fire axe to defend yourself? Or a bow and arrow? I am saying these tools because you said hunting. A lot of professional hunters use crossbows or compound bows for silent kills. Camping machetes, swords, fire pokes (since you're in Canada).
If someone breaks into your home, then he or she is a threat to your life and family. period. No law on earth needs to be followed except the safety of your family and self over everything else. Cops, lawyers, courts and everyone else can wait until you get out of that situation alive and use.
Even Justinder's laws allow you to defend yourself using any means necessary if you feel that your life or your family's lives are in danger.
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Laws are designed for the living - not if you are dead.
Screw the guns if they are not accessible. There is a reason why we folks in the mountains still maintain our traditional weapons and no government dares to take them away from us. The state police and the authorities know that Khukris and Daos are an inherent part of the Sikkimese and Gorkha tradition.
Tradition or otherwise, you will keep seeking permission to keep stuff. I can put any camping website from North America or Europe and see plenty of melee tools available for self-defence.
Well i am not a hunter, so i dont know the intricacies of what hunters are allowed.Besides, i reguarly receive kids and families at my home, i am not comfortable with THAT many weapons lying around and dont want to turn my study into a room of safes.
I am a law abiding citizen, so i have to do what the law tells me. In Canada, the law is clear- guns are a privilege, not a right and i have to ensure their safe storage to keep that privilege. For example, if there was a fire in my house and i had my pistol lying on the dinner table, the firemen would come,put the fire out, confiscate my pistol for improper storage, report me to the gun registration authority and i lose my license.
As for defending myself- yes, i have the right to shoot someone in the face if they threaten me. But the issue is, HOW did i get to that gun. Like say for eg, i was driving to the range, i stopped at a gas station for fuel and a hooligan assaulted me, i pulled out my gun and shot him. Is that cool ? well i wont go to jail for manslaughter, as i was defending myself. But if i pull the gun outta my pocket, i will be fined, my guns taken away etc. If i ran to my trunk, opened it, then opened the locked gun case, then opened the trigger lock, then put the bullets in the gun and then shot the guy, i am all fine and clear. Same thing applies to 'defence with a gun using deadly force inside my home'.
So its extremely unlikely that i can actually use a gun to defend myself, given these restrictions.
I am not too concerned about defending myself or my family from hooligans ( provided they dont have a gun on them) because as a young man i used to box, so i know how to take a punch ( its very easy if you know how) and i learnt enough jiu jitsu to completely fuckup your joints - those who take self defence seriously usually end up going the way of jiu jitsu, because it doesn't matter how big and strong you are- if i snap your elbow or kick in your knee and then twist it till it faces backwards, you cold be shaquille O neil on crack and you will still lose.
What does concern me, is if someone broke into my house with a gun and then tried to harm me and my family. THEN i am screwed, coz i dont have my guns lying around the house where kids can get a hold of them easily.
