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Thread: Do you need a PAL to handle firearms in a gun store?

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    Do you need a PAL to handle firearms in a gun store?

    I went to a gun store/range the other day and my friend was told he could not handle the firearms on display unless he had a PAL. This seems weird, since he was just shooting rifles and pistols on a supervised range as an unlicensed shooter.

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    CGN frequent flyer fergie.17's Avatar
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    depends on store policy. some do let you as a non pal holder handle firearms some don't.

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    This is true. Why would they let you handle them when you cannot buy them??

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    My friend has his PAL application in the process and wanted to check out the action on some rifles for comparison sake for when he gets his PAL. Fair deal though, I guess any store can have any policy../

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    Legally he can handle them. Store policy may not allow it.
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    Cabela's Moncton asked me for one,I asked the young lad behind the counter if that was store policy he said it was.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MIRAMICHIER View Post
    Cabela's Moncton asked me for one,I asked the young lad behind the counter if that was store policy he said it was.
    Yep, store policy. I don't agree with it but there it is.

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    Store policy and probably also insurance.
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    When i was at Cablela's Calgary they did not ask me for PAL when wanting to handle rifles, But asked for RPAL when i wanted to look at a pistol.

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    The new Cabela's in Abbotsford asked for a PAL to handle rifle

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