Canadian Criminal Law/Offences/Pointing a Firearm

Legislation Pointing a firearm 87. (1) Every person commits an offence who, without lawful excuse, points a firearm at another person, whether the firearm is loaded or unloaded. ... R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 87; 1995, c. 39, s. 139. CCC Proof of Offence ♰ identity of accused ♰ date and time of incident ♰ jurisdiction (incl. region and province) ♰ the accused possessed an object ♰ the object was a firearm ♰ description of the firearm / ballistics test report ♰ the accused pointed it at a person The essential elements to prove are those in bold. Interpretation Section 2 defines "firearm". This offence does not include imitation firearms.R. v. A.W., 2012 ONCA 778 Careless Use of a Firearm is not an included offence to pointing a firearm.R. v. Copp, 2009 NBCA 16 (CanLII) 2 Pointing a Firearm