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Wait, we have to secure our long guns now as well? OMG! When did this start?
With Bill C-68. From the Storage Display and Transport Regulations:Wait, we have to secure our long guns now as well? OMG! When did this start?
You could have the long gun together with ammo in a proper gun safe. Ammo has to be secure in a ‘container or receptacle, while the unrestricted firearm can be in one of those or also in a ‘room’.As a non-gun owner, would 5(1) (b) (i) include something like a trigger lock?
If I'm reading it correctly, the long gun needs to be unloaded, locked up (or unable to fire) and have the ammo also locked up in a separate container?
Not a lot of CAF members (and, probably by extension, Army.ca members) have a PAL.I was being sarcastic BTW. All holders of a PAL know (or should know) to lock up their long guns.
Thanks, that seems reasonable for a city dwelling hunter or target shooter but probably not practical for something like a farm or someone living remotely in an area with bears, coyotes etc.You could have the long gun together with ammo in a proper gun safe. Ammo has to be secure in a ‘container or receptacle, while the unrestricted firearm can be in one of those or also in a ‘room’.
5(1)(b)(i) would include a trigger lock, yes.
Thanks, that seems reasonable for a city dwelling hunter or target shooter but probably not practical for something like a farm or someone living remotely in an area with bears, coyotes etc.
I guess you are probably at pretty low risk though of getting arrested for that, unless you do something like drunkenly duck hunt in the middle of a small city, throw your weapons in the canal and whatever else you are doing as part of a 'cunning plan'.
The Regulations address that, as well:Thanks, that seems reasonable for a city dwelling hunter or target shooter but probably not practical for something like a farm or someone living remotely in an area with bears, coyotes etc.
The Liberal "centralized storage" proposals from a few years ago were built around the premise that any exigent need to dispatch nuisance wildlife would be the responsibility of local police or conservation officers only. How many chickens can one coyote eat given the rural response times to an emergency by police are measured in half hour increments? In most provinces CO's are spread ridiculously thinner than police.Pretty much, yeah. Nobody’s going after farmers for having a rifle handy to pop coyotes going after the poultry.
Under the previous regs, there was no requirement for NR firearms to have trigger locks if in a gun safe or room/space designed or modified to store firearms. As I recall 85% of unsafe storage charges are dropped, from a statistic I saw on the NFA site quite a few years ago. In one case, two senior lawyers and a Judge struggled to come up with a definition that was usable and relevant. Then there was the case in Toronto, where the Crown tried to charge a guy for unsafe storage, when it took the bad guys 3 days to break into his gun safes when he was away.You could have the long gun together with ammo in a proper gun safe. Ammo has to be secure in a ‘container or receptacle, while the unrestricted firearm can be in one of those or also in a ‘room’.
5(1)(b)(i) would include a trigger lock, yes.
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hey! I like making things go boom too!Maybe we should stop teaching the Air Force how to use firearms.
I have a couple of former hard blue trade buddies who became plank holders at DHTC.Maybe we should stop teaching the Air Force how to use firearms.
Even a CF-18 driver or two have been known to kick a door or two. Maybe Cold Lake isn’t on everyone’s love list.I have a couple of former hard blue trade buddies who became plank holders at DHTC.
Hotel room door with hands full of luggage? Sorry.. couldn't resist and you gave me a perfect set-up.Even a CF-18 driver or two have been known to kick a door or two.