Unfortunatly pistols are not really an option here in canada. The gun laws used to annoy me until I saw how bad they were in England. They are not even allowed locking folders or fixed blades or replicas. They even raided a guys house because he had a klingon Bat-leth on his wall. It will only be a matter of a few years until all pistols and semi autos are banned and it won't make a bit of difference to crime. The US government can't stop BC pot coming across the border and they put a lot of effort into it so there is no way the canadian border is going to stop guns coming from the US.