Is this article correct on getting a long term ATT in BC?

Yep, mine is good for 4 years, expiry coincides with my birthday. It's valid for transportation in BC, AB, SK, MB & YT. Our gun club provides the form filled out as the article specifies, I double checked to be certain. Cheers
 
Thanks, now if I don't yet belong to a gun club but put the name of the gun club that I intend to eventually get a membership to on the form will the CFO call the gun club and confirm that i'm actually a member there or not?
 
Dukeoflawnchair said:
That's no fun...I see this is something that we should be fighting personally...I'm having a hard enough of a time as it is getting into this sport...
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Well, as long as you're a member of a club you're basically good to go. The clubs here aren't as a rule run by the kind of Elmer Fudd range Nazis that seem to predominate in Ontario, for example, every club that I'm aware of has both restricteds and non-restricteds allowed on the range - in Ontario that isn't the case. Over there you still hear shooters say stuff like "why would you want to shoot that" I haven't heard that for 20 years in BC. Also under the CFO in BC the System now is actually faster than it was in the days of the green slip.
 
Corycool said:
Thanks, now if I don't yet belong to a gun club but put the name of the gun club that I intend to eventually get a membership to on the form will the CFO call the gun club and confirm that i'm actually a member there or not?
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Best advice you'll ever get for free - Don't screw around. Do the right thing and do it legally.
Mike
 
It's just the extra paperwork for everything...having a hard time understanding how ATT's help reduce gun crime...sorry, mini-rant swelling up...trying to contain...

On a brighter note, met some really accommodating folk @ the range that I'm signing up at!
 
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I got a 5 year blanket ATT. Don't think it covers Border crossings and Gunsmiths though for some reason. I used the form that echo4lima posted. He put up the ATT application form in PDF with noted instructions on what to fill out. Worked well for me. Sorry I don't have a link to the thread handy but you should be able to find it with a search.
 
Dukeoflawnchair said:
...I'm having a hard enough of a time as it is getting into this sport...
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Meh, I hate unnecessary regulations and imposed control as much as (or more than) the next guy but had no problems getting into the sport.

1. take safety course (good idea)
2. obtain license (weed out the nutters)
3. join club (gotta shoot somewhere)
4. acquire ATT (OK, this one sucks)
5. now the fun part... (hemorrhaging wallet)

Don't let the bureaucrats scare you away! It's not that hard... cheers.
 
Dukeoflawnchair said:
It's just the extra paperwork for everything...having a hard time understanding how ATT's help reduce gun crime...sorry, mini-rant swelling up...trying to contain...

On a brighter note, met some really accommodating folk @ the range that I'm signing up at!
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Trying to understand red tape is an exercise in frustration and futility. I recommend to new shooters that they don't try and look for a rational explanation to government workings. Your gun (even if you haven't bought one yet) is being held by hostile forces and you have to get it home. Treat everything from PAL/RPAL to short and long term ATTs as obstacles and your mission is to overcome them by using all legal means at your disposal. CGNers are part of the recovery team here to help.
Mike
 
If was to call by telephone to get let's say a one time ATT from my house to the range and back in the morning, could they clear it over the telephone and fax it to me so that I can actually take it to the range in the afternoon later that same day or is it a longer process than that?
 
AFAIK. The BC CFO will not issue short term ATT's except for firearm transfers.
Corycool said:
If was to call by telephone to get let's say a one time ATT from my house to the range and back in the morning, could they clear it over the telephone and fax it to me so that I can actually take it to the range in the afternoon later that same day or is it a longer process than that?
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ian_in_vic said:
Well, as long as you're a member of a club you're basically good to go. The clubs here aren't as a rule run by the kind of Elmer Fudd range Nazis that seem to predominate in Ontario, for example, every club that I'm aware of has both restricteds and non-restricteds allowed on the range - in Ontario that isn't the case. Over there you still hear shooters say stuff like "why would you want to shoot that" I haven't heard that for 20 years in BC. Also under the CFO in BC the System now is actually faster than it was in the days of the green slip.
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I just had a guy try to convince me that holsters were unsafe, I asked if he got nervous in a Tim Hortons with all those holstered guns around.
 
Dukeoflawnchair said:
Great thinking Mike and Scocou! I do gripe a little too much...and it's not like it's not worth it in the end!
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:laughs: Nah, you're not crankin' much at all ;-) Easy for me to sit here, pistol in hand, and tell you it's not difficult... took me years to finally jump the hoops. Yes, it's worth it in the end!

Colin said:
I just had a guy try to convince me that holsters were unsafe, I asked if he got nervous in a Tim Hortons with all those holstered guns around.
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Good one! Unsafe relative to what? A gun in a safe? In your pocket? What condition carry is he referring to? What kind of holster? What kind of pistol? Such a general statement reeks of ignorance. BTW... holsters are mandatory for matches at our club (so I read, anyhow). Cheers
 
Colin said:
I just had a guy try to convince me that holsters were unsafe, I asked if he got nervous in a Tim Hortons with all those holstered guns around.
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Oh God, did you let him know that if we were allowed to carry we wouldn't need storage laws? The single safest place for a handgun is in a holster on a belt.(Especially if it's MY belt :D)
 
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