Weapons Offences (Sentencing Cases)

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Possession Offences

Includes s. 86: (Careless Storage), s. 88 (Poss'n for Dangerous Purpose), s. 89, 90 (Concealed Weapon), s. 91 (Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm), s. 92 (Possession of Unauthorized Firearm), s. 93, 94 (Possession of a Firearm in an Unauthorized Place) and s. 95 (Possession of a Restricted/Prohibited Firearm).

Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary
R v Laing , 2021 NSPC 14 (CanLII), per Buckle J	NS	PC	18 months imprisonment 3 years probation
R v Steed , 2021 NSSC 71 (CanLII), per Roskinski J	NS	SC	4 years
R v Silvera , 2019 ONCJ 27 (CanLII), per Silverstein J	ON	PC	discharge (storage)
R c Morin, 2019 QCCQ 3190 (CanLII)	QC	PC	conditional discharge
R v Goodrich, 2019 ABPC 250 (CanLII), per LeGrandeur J	AB	PC	90 days
R v Dalton, 2018 ONSC 544 (CanLII), per Garton J	ON	SC
R v Yang , 2018 ONCA 230 (CanLII), per curiam	ON	CA	Suspended Sentence (storage) (5.5 months on remand)	The accused was a licenced gun owner who fired a semi-automatic 45 caliber Sig Sauer in his apartment while intoxicated. Court of appeal overturned a conditional discharge ordered by Justice Webber.
R v Dalton , 2018 ONSC 544 (CanLII), per Garton J	ON	SC	CSO and probation	"guilty plea in the SCJ to possess loaded restricted firearm hidden in his family home, kept it to “protect” his son, 1 year CSO on top of the equivalent of 15 months presentence custody, dated criminal record including a firearm offence."
R v Bokhari , 2018 ONCA 183 (CanLII), per curiam	ON	CA	14 months jail	"an offender with a shotgun hidden in his home. The offender was sentenced after a contested OCJ trial;"
R v Boussoulas, 2018 ONCA 222 (CanLII), per curiam	ON	CA	21 months jail	"a 65-year old offender with no criminal record. The illegal gun was loaded and in his home. There was no other connected criminal activity. The offender’s possession was to protect himself and his family from threats made against them. He pled guilty after an unsuccessful SCJ Charter application;"
R v Halpenny, 2018 NSSC 30 (CanLII), per Cacchione J	NS	SC	30 months imprisonment	The offender was sentenced for "six offences relating to his possession of loaded and unloaded restricted and prohibited handguns and silencers. The offender was 57 years old with a dated and unrelated criminal record. He was a hunter and gun collector. The weapons were in a locked building on his rural property. The aggravating factors included that four of the 15 firearms seized were handguns, three of the handguns were loaded, two of the long guns were wrapped in plastic and hidden in the ceiling, three of the handguns were concealed but readily accessible in the garage and he was also in possession of items normally worn and used by police officers such as police rain gear, duty belt and body armor." [1]
R v Earle, 2018 NLSC 257 (CanLII), per Khaladkar J	NL	SC		"the offender was sentenced to 30 months in custody in addition to five and a half months of pre-trial credit for various offences relating to an armed stand-off with police. He was suicidal and wanted to die by having the police kill him." [2]
R v Hassan, 2017 ONSC 4570 (CanLII), per Backhouse J	ON	SC	2 years less a day CSO	The offender was convicted at trial of numerous firearms offences. He was found in his vehicle while in possession of an unloaded prohibited firearm and had ammo in his pocket. He was 24 years old and had a minor criminal record. He was on bail at time. He had "22 days PSC and 35 months restrictive bail terms, found guilty after unsuccessful SCJ Charter application."
R v Nsiah, 2017 ONSC 769 (CanLII), per Goldstein J	ON	SC	2.5 years imprisonment	Summary of case is pending.
R v Squires, 2017 CanLII 17175 (NL PC), per Skanes J	NL	PC	2 years and prob.	The offender pleaded guilty to s. 95(1), s. 117.01 and s. 108(1)(b). The judge rejected the request for a conditional sentence. [per Skanes PCJ]
R v Pelletier , 2016 BCSC 2497 (CanLII), per Kelleher J	BC	SC	suspended, 3 years
R v Shunmoganathan, 2016 ONCJ 519 (CanLII), per Blouin J	ON	PC	2 years less a day CSO	The offender was found guilty of storing a gun in her bedroom closet with ammunition in her pocket in a jacket nearby. She was 18 years old.
R v Sears, 2016 BCSC 965 (CanLII), per Betton J	BC	SC	19 months CSO	Summary of case is pending.
R v Armstrong, 2016 BCPC 94 (CanLII), per Morgan J	BC	PC	60 days imprisonment
R v Skinner, 2016 NSCA 54 (CanLII), per Saunders JA	NS	CA		"the Appeal Court imposed a sentence of 6.5 years on an offender who had pleaded guilty to a number of firearms offences. Mr. Skinner was the passenger in a car that was driving in a busy residential area of north end Halifax at around 11 a.m. He had a semi-automatic pistol and directed the driver to follow another car. When the other car stopped, Mr. Skinner drove past and Mr. Skinner fired six shots in the direction of the other vehicle with the pistol. Five of the shots hit the vehicle. Mr. Skinner was youthful but had a significant criminal record including three previous convictions for possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm and was subject to a firearms prohibition order at the time of the offences. He had also already pleaded guilty to offences arising out of his arrest the next day when he was found in a vehicle with the same handgun he had used the previous day, but reloaded, tucked into his waistband. For those offences, the Court had imposed the jointly recommended sentence of five years in custody in addition to four months of pre-trial custody. The appeal court did not interfere with the judge’s discretion to order that the sentences for the offences arising out of the shooting be served concurrently to the sentences for the offences arising out of the arrest." [3]
R v McClellan , 2015 BCPC 129 (CanLII), per Hoy J	BC	PC	fine
R v Cadienhead, , [2015] O.J. No. 3125(*no CanLII links)	ON		2 years less 1 day	"a young male, on probation, carrying a loaded gun, serial number defaced, on a residential street."
R c Kaluza, 2014 QCCQ 11283 (CanLII), per Marchi J	QC	PC	suspended, 2 years
R c Gardner, 2013 QCCQ 1308 (CanLII), per Marchand J	QC	PC	conditional discharge
R v Barr and Cross, 2011 BCPC 484 (CanLII), per Bahen J	BC	PC	$10,000 fine
R v Kurkcuoglu , 2010 BCSC 633 (CanLII), per Morrison J	BC	SC	conditional discharge
R v Crathorne, 2015 NSPC 1 (CanLII), per Chisholm J	NS	PC		"the offender was sentenced to 10 months in custody for possession of a prohibited firearm and five months consecutive for violation of a firearms prohibition order. He boarded a Halifax city bus with an unloaded sawed-off shotgun, showed it to a passenger and placed it inside his coat. The driver woke him when he fell asleep and the gun fell out. At the time he was the subject of a firearms prohibition order. He had a previous record, but no previous convictions for weapons offences. He was youthful, had cooperated with police, suffered from substance abuse and mental health challenges for which he was getting help." [4]
R v Rutledge, 2015 ONSC 6625 (CanLII), per Wien J	ON	SC	18 months imprisonment and Probation	The offender was convicted at trial for possessing three prohibited handguns and careless storage of several long-guns and ammunition. His son and step-son were involved in drug dealing, which he facilitated by letting them use his farm property. He was found responsible on a standard of wilful blindness. He was 56 years old.
R v Browne, 2014 ONSC 4217 (CanLII), per Campbell J	ON	SC	3 years imprisonment	Summary of case is pending.
R v Hector, 2014 ONSC 1970 (CanLII), per MacDonnell J	ON	SC	6 years imprisonment (global)	Summary of case is pending.
R v Nuttley, 2013 ONCJ 727 (CanLII), per Brown J	ON	PC	13 months CSO	Summary of case is pending.
R v Charles, 2013 ONCA 681 (CanLII), per Cronk JA	ON	CA	7 years imprisonment	Summary of case is pending.
R v Davis, 2013 ABPC 69 (CanLII), per Lamoureux J	AB	PC	12 months / 4 years imprisonment (global)	Offender sentenced for unsafe storage. He had a shotgun, brass knuckles and stolen property
R v Blagdon, 2013 NSPC 93 (CanLII), per Derrick JA	NS	PC		"an 18-month conditional sentence was imposed on the passenger in a car where a loaded revolver was located. The offender had an unrelated prior criminal record. He was in the company of the driver (who received six years) in downtown Halifax shortly after the driver fired three times in the direction of another person." [5]
R v Hill, 2011 NSPC 28 (CanLII), per Hoskins J	NS	PC		"the offender was sentenced to 12 months in custody after pleading guilty to firearms offences. He was found in possession of an unloaded handgun which was located in a cargo toolbox in the rear of his truck He had a significant prior record which included serious drug offences, was on parole at the time of the offence and was violating a lifetime firearm prohibition order. His pre-sentence report was relatively positive and he had the ability to be gainfully employed." [6]
R v Anderson, 2020 NSPC 10 (CanLII), per William CJ	NS	PC		"the offender was sentenced to a conditional sentence order of two years less a day plus probation for two years after being found guilty after trial of weapons offences relating to his possession of a loaded handgun in his waistband in a motor vehicle. He was youthful and had a dated criminal record. Mr. Anderson is African Nova Scotian, the Court had the benefit of an Impact of Race and Culture Assessment and evidence of good prospects for rehabilitation." [7]
R v Strang, 2013 CarswellNfld 77, 2013 CarswellNfld 202(*no CanLII links)	NS			"the offender was given a suspended sentence with probation after pleading guilty to careless use of a firearm. He had discharged a shotgun into the air as part of a Canada Day celebration and later assisted his very drunk friend to do the same. They were drinking and fired the shots from a deck above the roofs of houses in a subdivision. He was a youthful first-time offender." [8]
R v Phinn, 2015 NSCA 27 (CanLII)	NS	CA		"the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal upheld a sentence of six years for an accused who was found guilty of weapons offences relating to a loaded handgun. Mr. Phinn had been at the scene of a street fight involving a large number of people. He was arrested and released but a short time later was arrested again as the passenger in a motor vehicle. A loaded handgun was found under his seat and the trial judge was satisfied that he had carried the gun into the vehicle. He had a previous record which included two prior convictions for possessing loaded handguns and was on a weapons prohibition at the time of the offence." [9]
R v Cater, 2012 NSPC 38 (CanLII), per Derrick J	NS	PC		"the offender was sentenced to eight years’ custody less the time he had served pre-trial for offences relating to the illegal possession and trafficking firearms. The offences included possession of a loaded prohibited sawed-off shotgun, possession of an unloaded prohibited handgun together with readily accessible ammunition, and the firearms trafficking offences which carried mandatory minimum sentences. One of the weapons was fully automatic and he had over-capacity magazines. He was very youthful, had no previous firearms related offences on his record and had good prospects for rehabilitation." [10]
R v Ramirez, 2012 ABPC 176 (CanLII), per Fradsham J	AB	PC	discharge	no record
R v Clarke, 2012 CanLII 60848 (NL PC, per Porter J	NL	PC	60 days imprisonment (poss'n) 30 days imprisonment (assault x 2) 30 days imprisonment (breach x 2)	The offender was convicted of assaulting two persons and carrying a knife while he committed the two assaults.
R v Chan, 2011 NSSC 471 (CanLII), per Wright J	NS	SC		"the offender was sentenced to 11 years in custody after being convicted of numerous weapons offences. The offences related to two different dates. On one, he entered a shop with his face covered and fired a handgun three times in the direction of a person with whom he had an altercation. There were innocent bystanders present and one bullet went through the wall, entering an adjacent shop. He was arrested eight days later and found in possession of the same handgun that had been used in the earlier incident. His actions in the shop were described as brazen and reckless, endangering others who were in the shop and the proprietor of an adjacent store. He had a significant criminal record including related offences and was the subject of a firearms prohibition order at the time of the offences." [11]
R v Sousa, 2011 ONSC 6463 (CanLII), per MacDonnell J	ON	SC	2.5 years imprisonment	handgun
R v Grice, 2008 ONCJ 476 (CanLII), per Puglsey J	ON	PC	$500 fine (storage)	Someone found accused was videotaping ex-wife in shower, found carelessly stored .22 cal rifle.
R v Ugodnikov, 2008 ABPC 249 (CanLII), per Stevens-Guille J	AB	PC	60 days imprisonment	The offender was convicted of wielding a knife while in a busy Edmonton street crowd during the hockey playoffs. He had no prior record. The pre-sentence report was positive. The judge stated that the offence was highly dangerous and needed general deterrence.
R v Carbone, 2012 ONCJ 22 (CanLII), per Cole J	ON	PC	60 days
R v Armstrong, 2016 BCPC 94 (CanLII)	BC	PC	60 days (global)
R v Beaman, 2010 NBQB 103 (CanLII)	NB	SC	3 months (global)
R v Haus, 2016 BCPC 11 (CanLII)	BC	PC	6 months (global)
R c Cadieux, 2014 QCCQ 670 (CanLII)	QC	PC	6 months (global)
R v Devink, 2016 BCSC 1658 (CanLII), per Young J	BC	SC	1 years imprisonment (global)
R v Laponsee, 2015 ONCA 344 (CanLII), per curiam	ON	CA	1 year (global)
R v Nuttley, 2013 ONCJ 727 (CanLII), per Brown J	ON	PC
R v Vandyke, 2013 ABPC 347 (CanLII)	AB	PC	1 year
R v Abma, 2019 BCPC 268 (CanLII), per Cutler J	BC	PC	18 months (global)
R v Perry, 2018 NSSC 16 (CanLII), per Wood J	NS	SC	20 months less a day
R v Rubner, 2017 BCPC 339 (CanLII), per St Pierre J	BC	PC	2 years less a day (global)
R v Redden, 2017 NSSC 172 (CanLII), per Chipman J	NS	SC	2 years less a day (global)
R v Norris, 2005 BCPC 392 (CanLII), per Gove J	BC	PC
R v Roeske, 2018 ONCJ 874 (CanLII), per Perkins-McVey J			2 years less a day (global)
R v Sellars, 2018 BCCA 195 (CanLII), per Smith JA	BC	CA	2 years less a day (global)
R v O'Neill, 2015 BCSC 780 (CanLII), per Smith J	BC	SC	2 years less a day (global)
R v Mathews, 2011 ABPC 324 (CanLII)			2 years less a day (global)
R v Shunmuganathan, 2016 ONCJ 519 (CanLII)	ON	PC	2 years less a day (global)
R c Hanopol, 2012 QCCQ 7384 (CanLII)			1 year
R c Desjardins, 2017 QCCA 196 (CanLII)	QC	CA	1 year
R c Di Ruzza, 2016 QCCQ 9275 (CanLII), per Poulin J			16 months imprisonment
R c Ulysse, 2015 QCCQ 10576 (CanLII)			18 months imprisonment
R c Bilodeau Joseph, 2019 QCCQ 7248 (CanLII)			18 months imprisonment
R v Owchar, 2016 ABPC 102 (CanLII), per Barley J			18 months imprisonment
R v Hussein, 2019 ONCJ 25 (CanLII), per Bourgeois J	ON	PC	30 months imprisonment
R v Wilson, 2018 BCSC 1405 (CanLII), per Crossin J	BC	SC	30 months imprisonment
Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales c. Brulé, 2018 QCCQ 12233 (CanLII), per Bonin J	QC	PC	18 months imprisonment
R c Julien, 2016 QCCQ 7014 (CanLII), per Beaulieu J	QC	PC	20 months imprisonment
R v Shomonov, 2016 ONSC 4015 (CanLII), per McCombs J	ON	SC	21 months imprisonment	"a 29-year old first offender. There was no other criminal activity connected to the firearm possession, but there were two firearms found in the offender’s work unit inside a strip mall. Both guns were unloaded but had ammunition readily accessible. McCombs J. accepted the offender’s possession was to protect himself from robbery. He noted, at para. 7, that this reason was not a mitigating factor but still relevant to sentence;"
R v Wright, 2018 ONSC 4209 (CanLII), per Corrick J	ON	SC	2 years less a day
R c Spiezia, 2016 QCCQ 12825 (CanLII)	QC	PC	26 months
R v Holt, 2015 BCCA 302 (CanLII), per Newbury JA	BC	CA	30 months imprisonment
R v Motevalli, 2019 BCSC 162 (CanLII)	BC	SC	30 months imprisonment
R v Padda, 2019 BCCA 351 (CanLII)	BC	CA	30 months imprisonment
R c De Gregorio, 2016 QCCQ 14356 (CanLII), per Fafard J	QC	PC	32 months imprisonment
R v Vanayan, 2017 BCSC 1820 (CanLII), per Arnold-Bailey J	BC	SC	32 months imprisonment
R v Kirstein, 2018 ABPC 89 (CanLII)	AB	PC
R v Beals, 2015 ONSC 2911 (CanLII), per Goldstein J	ON	SC	33 years imprisonment
R v Scarlett, 2013 ONSC 562 (CanLII), per Strathy J			3 years imprisonment
R v Kennedy, 2016 MBCA 5 (CanLII), per Hamilton JA			3 years imprisonment
R v Leblanc, 2019 BCSC 536 (CanLII), per J	BC	SC	3 years imprisonment
R v Mahamet-Zene, 2018 ONSC 1050 (CanLII), per Akhtar J	ON	SC	42 months	"on a 24 year old offender with no criminal record. The loaded firearm had a bullet in the chamber, and the offender was carrying it in a backpack he left hanging off a fence while chatting with friends on the street. He had a contested SCJ trial;"
R v Thavakularatnam, 2018 ONSC 2380 (CanLII), per Akhtar J	ON	SC	40 months	"a 20 year old offender with no “adult criminal record”. He was carrying the loaded firearm in a mall. While there was no other connected criminal activity apparent, he was on bail and had injured police in an attempt to flee. He pled guilty after an unsuccessful Charter argument in the SCJ"
R v Marshall, 2015 ONCA 692 (CanLII)	ON	CA	3.5 years	"The offender was 23, had no criminal record, and had left the loaded firearm in a satchel at his friend’s house while stepping out for lunch. The firearm offence was connected to cocaine trafficking. He had a contested SCJ trial;"
R v Mansingh, 2017 ONCA 68 (CanLII)	ON	CA	43 months	"The offender was “young”, had no criminal record, and discarded the loaded firearm on the ground during flight from police. The firearm possession offence was connected to marijuana trafficking. He had a contested SCJ trial;"
R v Kachuol, 2017 BCCA 292 (CanLII), per Dickson JA	BC	CA	3 years imprisonment
R c Moisescu, 2017 QCCQ 2093 (CanLII), per Lachance J	QC	PC	3 years imprisonment
R v Smickle, 2014 ONCA 49 (CanLII)	ON	CA	2 years less one day jail	"The offender was 27 years old and had no criminal record. The gun was loaded and was in the offender’s physical possession when police entered the apartment. There was no connection to other criminal activity, and the defendant had a contested SCJ trial;"
R c Aurelus-Marmontel, 2019 QCCQ 4613 (CanLII), per Faullem J	QC	PC	5 years
Lévis Mercier c. Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales, 2014 QCCQ 3020 (CanLII), per Grimard J	QC	PC	3 years
R c Colangelo, 2017 QCCA 195 (CanLII), per JA	QC	CA
R c Green, 2016 QCCA 379 (CanLII), per JA	QC	CA
R c Parasiris, 2009 QCCA 709 (CanLII), per curiam	QC	CA		{{{5}}}

Possession of a Weapon Contrary to an Order (117.01)

Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary
R v Morrow, 2011 BCCA 155 (CanLII), per Neilson JA	BC	CA	5 years imprisonment	Summary of case is pending.
R v Charles, 2010 ONSC 5437 (CanLII), per Backhouse J	ON	SC	5 months imprisonment	Summary of case is pending.
R v Chan, 2011 NSSC 471 (CanLII), per Wright J	NS	SC	1 year imprisonment	Summary of case is pending.
R v Moss, 2006 NLTD 98 (CanLII), , [2006] NJ No 174 (SC), per Schwartz J	NL	SC	1 year imprisonment	also charged w robbery (9 years); guilty plea
R v Boutilier, 2006 NLTD 30 (CanLII), , [2006] NJ No 42 (NLSC), per O'Regan J	NL	SC	3 years imprisonment (also convicted for other firearm offences)	1 year
R v Lavers, 2010 NLCA 73 (CanLII), , [2010] NJ No 390 (NLCA), per Welsh JA	NL	CA	2 months imprisonment	Summary of case is pending.
R v Maddigan, 2009 ONCA 269 (CanLII), per curiam	ON	CA	12 months imprisonment consecutive	connection to Hells Angels; also convicted of firearms offences (2 years)
R v Clark, 2008 ABPC 371 (CanLII), per Dunnigan J	AB	PC	2 years imprisonment	also convicted of drug trafficking (4 years)
R v Barnett, 2011 BCPC 320 (CanLII), per Raven J	BC	PC	30 months imprisonment	also convicted of trafficking (30 months)

Use Offences

Includes s. 87: (Pointing a Firearm), s. 244 (Discharging a Firearm).

Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary
R v Riggs, 2016 CanLII 89895 (NL SCTD), per Goodridge J	NL	SC	15 months imprisonment	The offender pointed a firearm at two persons
R v Nadon, 2016 ONSC 3518 (CanLII), per Kurke J	ON	SC	2 years imprisonment (pointing)
R v Huson, 2009 BCSC 1825 (CanLII), per Schultes J	BC	SC	15 months imprisonment	The offender pleaded guilty pointing a firearm, uttering threats, assault, and use of a firearm. He was 30 years old with a prior record.
R v GWO, [2009 O.J. No. 5926 {{{3}}}]	ON		13 months imprisonment
R v Tallon, 2003 CanLII 27268 (ON CA, per Rosenberg JA	ON	CA
R v Dumont, 2001 CanLII 24174 (ON CA, per Labrosse JA (2:1)	ON	CA	1 year CSO
R v LDM, 2001 NSCA 19 (CanLII), per Flinn JA	NS	CA	4 years imprisonment
R v Beardy, 2001 MBCA 34 (CanLII), per Huband JA	MB	CA	1 year imprisonment
R v Forrest, 2000 CanLII 5091 (ON CA, per curiam	ON	CA	18 years imprisonment
R v Johnsen, 1999 BCCA 577 (CanLII), per Ryan JA	BC	CA	9 months + 18 mo prob.	The offender was 23 years old. he was convicted of careless use of a firearm and pointing a firearm. He discharged a rifle through the door of his mother's home and then drove to his girlfriend's. Police confronted him and he pointed his firearm at them. He was intoxicated at the time and had a drinking problem. He was receiving counselling at the time of sentence.
R v McLetchie, 1999 CanLII 2759 (ON CA, per curiam	ON	CA	20 months imprisonment (pointing)
R v Smith, 1999 CanLII 1544 (ON CA, per curiam	ON	CA	9 months imprisonment (pointing)	The offender pleaded guilty to pointing a firearm, assault causing bodily harm x 2, and assault x 3. The gun was not loaded.
R v Bedard, 1998 CanLII 4009 (ON CA, per Finlayson JA	ON	CA	1 months (pointing)	The offender was convicted of pointing a firearm, assault with a weapon, careless storage of a firearm. He and an accomplice were both armed with guns assaulted the victim by holding a gun to his head and "pistol-whipping" him. May have been related to drug trafficking. Police find improperly stored rifle at offender's residence.
R v Smith, 1997 CanLII 832 (ON CA), per Rosenberg JA	ON	CA	2 years (pointing)
R v Heddle, 1997 CanLII 2998 (BC CA, per Southin JA	BC	CA	1 year (pointing)
R v Bruce (JUL), , 1997 CanLII 16057 (NL SCTD), per Robert J	NL	SC	5 months + 3 yrs prob.	The offender plead guilty to assault with a weapon, pointing a firearm, asauslt and uttering threats. He attacked his common-law partner, which included hitting, kicking, pulling of hair, putting a knife to her throat, and then pointing a gun at her then threatening her. He was 48 years at the time and had numerous health problems.
R v Gale, 1996 CanLII 5295 (NS CA, per Bateman JA	NS	CA	15 months + 2 yrs prob.	The offender was convicted of assault and pointing a firearm. He pointed an unloaded rifle at his wife and pulled the trigger. At the time, he drunk and high, and was also on probation for assaulting his wife a previous time.
R v Senior, 1996 ABCA 71 (CanLII), per curiam	AB	CA	22 years (global)
R v Green, 1995 ABCA 77 (CanLII), per Cairns JA	AB	CA	9 months (pointing) 3 months (assault)	The offender was convicted of assault and pointing a firearm. He was in a domestic dispute where he hit his partner. Police arrived and during a confrontation he pointed a firearm at a police officer.
R v Whalen, 1994 CanLII 10347 (NL SCTD), per Hickman CJ	NL	SC	9 months (assault weapon)
R v Bunker, 1994 ABCA 99 (CanLII), per curiam	AB	CA	3 years imprisonment	The offender was convicted of manslaughter and pointing a firearm. He entered into a residence and fired 4 shots at one person, hitting him twice, and then attempted to shoot another person but the gun was out of ammunition. He was 25 years old with a lengthy non-violent record. He was high on cocaine at the time.
R v Forsythe, 1994 CanLII 2492 (BC CA), per Hutcheon JA	BC	CA	4 years imprisonment	The offender was convicted of two counts pointing a firearm, one count possession of a rifle for dangerous purpose. He got into an argument with his brother in law. While brother in law was running away, he fired a rifle at him twice. When another person attempted to flee he jumped on the hood of the car, pointed the rifle at them and threatened them. He was 26 years old and had a lengthy record of violence.
R v Cummings, 1993 CanLII 7789 (NL CA, per Gushue JA	NL	CA	4 years (global) 1 year (pointing)	The offender pleaded guilty to pointing a firearm, aggravated assault, using firearm while committing an offence, and possession of a dangerous weapon. He fired a shotgun at his ex-partner. The shot came close to the victim. She was traumatized by the event. He was undergoing psychiatric care at the time due to grief from the death of his wife.
R v Walters, 1993 CanLII 1888 (BC CA), per Lambert JA	BC	CA	3 years (pointing)	The offender was convicted on pointing a firearm and aggravated assault. The offender was on a drug binge and pointed a sawed off .22 caliber gun at a person and demanded that the victim give him drugs. He was unaware if the gun was loaded or not. A struggle ensued. He had a record that included a weapons offence.
R v Roberts, 1992 CanLII 1316 (BC CA), per Taggart JA	BC	CA	3 months imprisonment	The offender plead guilty to pointing a firearm. He pointed an unloaded rifle at a bus driver two times. He had a prior conviction for cultivating marijuana. A 5 year weapons prohibition was ordered.
R v Nungusuituq, 2019 NUCJ 6 (CanLII), per Charlesworth J	NU		3 years imprisonment
R v Yang, 2018 ONCA 230 (CanLII), per curiam	ON	CA	See above	See above
R v Cox, 2015 ONCA 769 (CanLII), per curiam	ON	CA	11 years imprisonment	Discharged a firearm in the course of a robbery.
R v Jefferson, 2014 ONCA 434 (CanLII), per curiam	ON	CA	10 years imprisonment
R v Derion, 2013 BCPC 381 (CanLII), per Giardini J	BC	PC	7 years imprisonment	The offender was convicted of discharging a firearm and possession of a loaded restricted firearm and possession of a firearm dangerous to the public. He discharged a firearm during a drug deal gone bad. The offender was of aboriginal heritage. He had an extensive criminal record.
R v Halleran, 2013 CanLII 13309 (NL PC), , [2013] NJ 120 (NLPC), per Marshall J	NL	PC	7 years imprisonment (discharge) 7 years imprisonment (agg. assault)	The offender got into a dispute with the victim over a drug debt. He discharged a .22 caliber rifle shooting the victim in the leg. He then reloaded and held the gun to the victim's chin. He then stabbed the victim in the face, chest, back and scrotum. The offender was 19 years old with one prior conviction for violence.
R v Ghebreigziabiher, 2012 ONSC 5384 (CanLII), per Kelly J	ON	SC	4 years imprisonment (discharge)	"the offender, with a prior criminal record, was sentenced to nine years for aggravated assault (s. 268) and one year consecutive for possession of a firearm while prohibited by court order. He also received concurrent sentences of four years for discharging a firearm, two years for pointing a firearm and one year for possession of ammunition contrary to court order. "
R v Jones, 2012 ONCA 609 (CanLII), per curiam	ON	CA	9 years imprisonment	"the offender was sentenced to ten years following convictions for aggravated assault, discharging a firearm with intent to wound, using a firearm while committing an indictable offence, kidnapping with a firearm, and possession of a restricted weapon. The facts involved a kidnapping which evolved into a confrontation in which gunfire was exchanged. One victim was hit in the crossfire and injured. The Court of Appeal upheld concurrent sentences of nine years for the aggravated assault (s. 268) and the discharge of firearm with intent to wound (s. 244). "
R v Chan, 2011 NSSC 471 (CanLII), per Wright J	NS	SC	7 years imprisonment (discharge)	"the offender, who had a prior criminal record, was sentenced to eleven years following convictions for two separate gun-related incidents. In the first incident the offender went into a shop and fired a Glock 9 mm handgun three times in the direction of the intended victim. The motive for the crime was to settle an altercation. The second incident involved unauthorized possession of a firearm, but it was not fired or aimed at anyone. The sentence breakdown for each individual crime is not relevant here because the sections of the Criminal Code that were engaged are mostly different, and because the totality principle was used to reduce the overall sentence. However, it is helpful and comparable to note that a seven-year sentence was imposed for the discharge of firearm with intent to wound (s. 244) and that the total sentence for the two gun-related incidents was eleven years. In order to achieve parity, we are looking at something close to seven years for the s. 244 offence, and something close to 11 years for the total sentence."
R v Walker-King, 2011 ONSC 4307 (CanLII), per Thorburn J	ON	SC	9.5 years imprisonment	"the twenty-year-old offender went to a private residence with a loaded handgun, and shot the victim in the abdomen. He had a prior record as a young offender. The sentence was 9.5 years broken down as follows: aggravated assault (s. 268), eight years; discharge of firearm with intent to wound (s. 244), seven years concurrent; breach of recognizance (s. 145(3)), one year; and wearing disguise, six months. These are similar facts and circumstances, and a comparable sentence for Mr. Marsh’s s. 244 and s. 268 offences should be close to seven years for each incident."
R v Bellissimo, 2009 ONCA 49 (CanLII), per curiam	ON	CA		The offender was convicted of aggravated assault and discharging a firearm with intent to wound. He fired shots in a restaurant and hit two people. Judge suggested a range of 7 to 11 years.

Section 99, 100: Weapons Trafficking

Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary
R v Farah, 2016 ONSC 5000 (CanLII), per Campbell J	ON	SC	8 years imprisonment	The offender was convicted of weapons trafficking and criminal organization.

Section 103: Importing Weapons

Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary
R v Ross, 2010 BCCA 314 (CanLII), , [2010] BCJ 1394 (BCCA), per Bennett JA	BC	CA	5 years imprisonment	Offender imported 4 firearms.

See Also

• Firearms Offences (Sentencing Cases)