Q: Can a gun be stored overnight in a vehicle while away, like at deer camp?
Eugene Chambers, Welland
A: Under federal regulations, if you are leaving your firearms in an unattended vehicle, you must lock your firearms in the trunk or in a similar lockable compartment. If the vehicle does not have a trunk or lockable compartment, the firearms must be put out of sight inside the vehicle and the vehicle must be locked.
Provincially, firearms must be encased (and unloaded), whether in your vehicle or not, from one half hour after sunset to one half hour before sunrise the next day.
Answers by: David Critchlow and William Johnson, Provincial Enforcement Specialists, MNR
Originally published in the Nov.-Dec. 2025 issue of Ontario Out of Doors
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