Une preuve circonstancielle peut démontrer que l'arme utilisée lors de la perpétration d'une infraction est une arme à feu en l’absence d’une preuve contraire

R. v. Charbonneau, 2004 CanLII 9527 (ON CA)

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[3]               It is true that the complainant was equivocal on the question of whether she could tell for certain whether the gun was real or fake.  However, the trial judge also had before him the evidence of the complainant’s clear belief that it was a gun, her description of the object, the appellant’s conduct in relation to it and his use of it together with the appellant’s threat to shoot while holding it.  Moreover, there was a complete absence of evidence to the contrary.  Taken together, this is a sufficient foundation for the trial judge’s finding that it was a handgun.