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Adam, I think that's a fair summary-- Canada's gun laws are "anti-gun and not anti-criminal."
Even if the gun laws are the same across Canada, people's opinions and attitudes toward guns and hunting is much more relaxed in the Yukon than say, Vancouver in British Columbia. When I've purchased guns in Vancouver, they've wrapped them up in brown paper so nobody knows what you have. People treat owning guns like it's something to be ashamed of.
I'll never forget the first time I bought a rifle in the Yukon. The guy just handed it to me over the counter with the receipt. I stared at him waiting for him to wrap it up and he looked at me like I was from Mars. By the way, if you're *not* a gun owner up there, they think that's strange.
I'm sure there are people up north with larger properties who do the same as you and carry their handgun if they own one. It's just sensible and I wish others would see it that way. But then, I don't have to convince anyone here of that.
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