Is it legal to possess a stun gun in a car in Canada?
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Keeping a stun gun in a car is not lawful in Canada for the public because compact electric shock devices are prohibited weapons.
Conditions
What would need to be true
A compact battery powered electric shock device cannot be lawfully kept in a vehicle as a normal self defence item.
Exceptions
Known carve-outs or edge cases
Narrow statutory exceptions can still exist for supervised lawful possession or prompt lawful disposal after possession by operation of law.
Penalties
Penalty snapshot
Unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon can be prosecuted by indictment with up to five years imprisonment or by summary conviction.
Enforcement
How this may be enforced
Police can seize the device from a vehicle and classify it by whether it meets the prohibited electric shock weapon definition.
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Australia
Australia does not have one uniform civilian stun-gun rule. Victoria Police classifies a Taser or stun gun as a prohibited weapon, and Victoria Police approval material says prohibited weapons generally require Chief Commissioner approval or an applicable exemption for purchase, possession, carriage or transport. Australian Border Force customs material treats handheld electric-shock devices, including Tasers, stun guns and stun batons, as arms.
Belgium
Belgian Justice lists portable devices that use electric shocks to neutralise persons as prohibited weapons. Prohibited weapons cannot lawfully be possessed, bought, transported or carried by civilians.
Colombia
Colombia authorizes electric less-lethal devices only within the framework of Decreto 1563 de 2022. Electric devices are only authorized if they meet the decree’s technical specifications, and the civilian possession and carry framework requires marking and a permit process for less-lethal items.
Denmark
Electric-discharge weapons in Denmark are permit-controlled. Official Danish weapons rules prohibit possession and carrying of such weapons without police permission, and Danish police say strompistoler require a permit that is given only exceptionally and under very special circumstances.
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