Criminal Code, section 244.2(3)(a)
Reckless discharge of a restricted or prohibited firearm
What the law says
- Maximum
- 14 years
- Mandatory minimum
- 5 years
- Kind of offence
- Firearms
Indictable only. MMP of 5 years first offence (7 years second or subsequent) with a restricted or prohibited firearm, or for a criminal organization (s.244.2(3)(a)).
4 cases with this offence
- April 30, 20265 years for discharging a prohibited firearm at a place, with 40 months concurrent for possessing a loaded firearm, less 15 days pre-trial credit
- August 26, 2025Conditional sentence of two years less a day (729 days), then three years' probation
- January 14, 2025R. v. Reed, 2025 BCSC 121
- On release at the time
Life imprisonment, no parole for 25 years; concurrent 6 years and 4 years for the firearms offencesLife sentence - December 15, 2022R. v. West, 2022 BCSC 2348
- Below the Crown's ask
5.5 years (2,007 days) less 1,199 days pre-trial credit, leaving 808 days; lifetime s. 109 prohibition, DNA, forfeiture