If you have unwanted firearms there are legal alternatives to turning in your guns to the authorities for destruction.

• When the firearm is of some historical significance, a museum may be interested in adding it to their collection. If this is the case you should be able to get a tax receipt for a charitable donation.
• You can sell or give your gun to someone with a valid firearms licence or to a firearms dealer. The market for used firearms is fairly depressed because so many people are selling firearms; hence prices are often less than they were in the 1990s.
• You can have the firearm deactivated so that it becomes a "non-firearm". Call 1-800-731-4000 and ask for the deactivation guidelines.
• You can give the firearm to some gun club or firearms instructor for use in firearms training, if the recipient has an appropriate licence. This can help the shooting sports by making it easier to deliver programs and training. Many of those involved in delivering firearms training do not have the resources to purchase guns for disabling or cutting away to turn them into training aids. You can always attach whatever reasonable conditions you would like to a donation, so that your generosity is not abused.

If you do not have a valid firearms licence, you are committing criminal offense(s) if you possess firearms (unless you are holding firearms as the executor of an estate).

Remember, it is not legal to just give your gun to someone, it must be registered upon transfer.