Svaka drzava ima drugacije stavove o oruzju. Npr Kanada definse oruzje ne samo sto je naprvaljeno u svrhu nanosenje telesne povrede i pretnje, vec i obican predmet uptorebljen u tu svrhu (pivska boca, kola, ...) Mozes da posedujes oruzje bez problema izuzev vatrenog, zabranjenog i specijalnog oruzja. Npr mozes da nosis katanu ako praktikujes iado, podrazumeva se da ne vitlas katanom u javnosti, ali nemoj ni slucajno da prosis novac za bus ako imas mac za pojasom to bi se smatralo da pretis.
Zabranjeno oruzje definicija iz zakona.
“prohibited weapon” means
(a) a knife that has a blade that opens automatically by gravity or centrifugal force or by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in or attached to the handle of the knife, or
(b) any weapon, other than a firearm, that is prescribed to be a prohibited weapon;
Sto znaci ovo oruzja spadaju u zabranjena (iskljucio sam vatrena, pogledaj link za celu listu)
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/...tions/SOR-98-462/FullText.html
1. Any device designed to be used for the purpose of injuring, immobilizing or otherwise incapacitating any person by the discharge therefrom of
(a) tear gas, Mace or other gas, or
(b) any liquid, spray, powder or other substance that is capable of injuring, immobilizing or otherwise incapacitating any person.
2. Any instrument or device commonly known as “
nunchaku”, being hard non-flexible sticks, clubs, pipes, or rods linked by a length or lengths of rope, cord, wire or chain, and any similar instrument or device.
3. Any instrument or device commonly known as “
shuriken”, being a hard non-flexible plate having three or more radiating points with one or more sharp edges in the shape of a polygon, trefoil, cross, star, diamond or other geometrical shape, and any similar instrument or device.
4. Any instrument or device commonly known as “
manrikigusari” or “kusari”, being hexagonal or other geometrically shaped hard weights or hand grips linked by a length or lengths of rope, cord, wire or chain, and any similar instrument or device.
5. Any
finger ring that has one or more blades or sharp objects that are capable of being projected from the surface of the ring.
6. Any device that is designed to be capable of injuring, immobilizing or incapacitating a person or an animal by discharging an electrical charge produced by means of the amplification or accumulation of the electrical current generated by a battery, where the device is designed or altered so that the electrical charge may be discharged when the device is of a length of less than 480 mm, and any similar device.
7. A
crossbow or similar device that
(a) is designed or altered to be aimed and fired by the action of
one hand, whether or not it has been redesigned or subsequently altered to be aimed and fired by the action of both hands; or
(b) has a length not exceeding 500 mm.
8. The device known as the
“Constant Companion”, being a belt containing a blade capable of being withdrawn from the belt, with the buckle of the belt forming a handle for the blade, and any similar device.
9. Any knife commonly known as a “
push-dagger” that is designed in such a fashion that the handle is placed perpendicular to the main cutting edge of the blade and any other similar device other than the aboriginal “ulu” knife.
10.
Any device having a length of less than 30 cm and resembling an innocuous object but designed to conceal a knife or blade, including the device commonly known as the “knife-comb”, being a comb with the handle of the comb forming a handle for the knife, and any similar device.
11. The device commonly known as a “
Spiked Wristband”, being a wristband to which a spike or blade is affixed, and any similar device.
12. The device commonly known as “
Yaqua Blowgun”, being a tube or pipe designed for the purpose of shooting arrows or darts by the breath, and any similar device.
13. The device commonly known as a “
Kiyoga Baton” or “Steel Cobra” and any similar device consisting of a manually triggered telescoping spring-loaded steel whip terminated in a heavy calibre striking tip.
14. The device commonly known as a “
Morning Star” and any similar device consisting of a ball of metal or other heavy material, studded with spikes and connected to a handle by a length of chain, rope or other flexible material.
15. The device known as “
Brass Knuckles” and any similar device consisting of a band of metal with one or more finger holes designed to fit over the fingers of the hand.
