Transfer times in Ontario - Well Beyond A Reasonable Timeframe

Lots of people confirmed the average wait is 6 weeks. This applies to those who submitted in December.

Some say the reason is that only 4 people work on transfers in ON. 3 of them left on vacation around the holidays, then in January all 3 conveniently got sick, leaving all the backlog on one staffer. Now they're back and working on Dec 11 transfers. The backlog as you can see is about 4-6 weeks. When I called them, they confirmed it.

I've had 3 transfers pending in December. 2 of them got approved just in the past two weeks. The third one from BC is still pending...
 
 
Suing the CFO is the right thing to do because one cannot make up rules as one goes.
Laws apply to all of us equally -- CFO or PM or your average Joe.

luke s said:
took over 6 weeks for mine, started dec 12, completed jan 28

the cfo is too busy making up new ATT rules and going to court to have time to process transfers

in november, the transfer time was under a week
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Purchased my firearm on the Jan 10th, after reading all these posts and forms was thinking a little discourage. Went to local gun club and completed orientation and paid my dues. Called CFO on 28th to inquire into status and update my file with registered range info. Hoping this would speed up the process. After leaving a message with CFO message machine. Couple hours went by and got the returned call. After inquiring and informing CFO that I have membdership at an approved gun club. Was told the my transfer was approved on the 15th. What the F... went through my brain. Took down numbers from CFO, called retailer write away. Took to calls, first call i was caught off guard. Person who answered phone, seemed not to know much about restricted process. Was told he would get someone to look into my ATT. Called back fitfteen minute later asked for the salesman who I purchased gun through. He responded yes its in. Basically I told the Store my ATT was in. Basically I waited longer for the retailer to call me, than the CFO approving my transfer. Whats with that.... Anyways, now I needed my ATT to my range, wait begins.
 
I sure hope you don;t need to got to a range you don't belong to as a visitor in Ontario... GOD I HATE THE ONTARIO LIBERAL PARTY!!!!
 
Jimmyjames8 said:
Purchased my firearm on the Jan 10th, after reading all these posts and forms was thinking a little discourage. Went to local gun club and completed orientation and paid my dues. Called CFO on 28th to inquire into status and update my file with registered range info. Hoping this would speed up the process. After leaving a message with CFO message machine. Couple hours went by and got the returned call. After inquiring and informing CFO that I have membdership at an approved gun club. Was told the my transfer was approved on the 15th. What the F... went through my brain. Took down numbers from CFO, called retailer write away. Took to calls, first call i was caught off guard. Person who answered phone, seemed not to know much about restricted process. Was told he would get someone to look into my ATT. Called back fitfteen minute later asked for the salesman who I purchased gun through. He responded yes its in. Basically I told the Store my ATT was in. Basically I waited longer for the retailer to call me, than the CFO approving my transfer. Whats with that.... Anyways, now I needed my ATT to my range, wait begins.
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congrats on the purchase, the retailer transfers are alot faster and seem to push the p2p transfers down the list, well my 2 transfers are now complete so i will wait until the 6 weeks is reduced to a more acceptable time to transfer another
 
ss1980 said:
Suing the CFO is the right thing to do because one cannot make up rules as one goes.
Laws apply to all of us equally -- CFO or PM or your average Joe.
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Ya, that's the way it's supposed to be. In theory. That was true in the Soviet Union too.

Reality is government bureaucrats don't live by the rules of the common people. Sadly, that goes double for police bureaucrats.

I'm waiting on one transfer 7 weeks now.
 
liberal-hater said:
Ya, that's the way it's supposed to be. In theory. That was true in the Soviet Union too.

Reality is government bureaucrats don't live by the rules of the common people. Sadly, that goes double for police bureaucrats.

I'm waiting on one transfer 7 weeks now.
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And when the actual Law gives them the authority to do or refuse anything
for any reason (if they, themselves, consider it necessary for public safety)
then there's no holding them back.
If Wyatt firmly believes that we should be riding Unicorns on our way to our range,
for public safety, he can impose this "rule" on us, until the Superior Court of Canada
declares him medically unfit (delusion of grandeur) and issues a court order to reverse
all his insults to law-abiding gun-owners.
 
ruffbird said:
I have one waiting since last year (Dec 11). I will beat them at their own game,.....I figure another 25-30 yrs on this earth & have a few to shoot & reload for in the mean time.....

I just hope the seller hangs around long enough to ship it,....once they decide to get off their butts & give it their blessings of course! LOL.
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Hey Chris, by "hang around" did you mean leave town or kick the bucket lol........don't worry, I'll be here waiting for the approval ;)
 
Sh***t... that means i have to wait 4 more weeks for my new P7m8.. Wow, just WOW.. What the hell are they getting payed for?
 
illumined said:
Call the Ontario Ombudsman and make a formal complaint:

http://www.ombudsman.on.ca/

Then call the CFO and you might be pleasantly surprised.
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The Ontario Ombudsman is a joke.

You can call him, and he will speed up the process of your transfer, however it doesn't actually change anything beyond that.

Why should we have to call the Ombudsman for EVERY SINGLE transfer??? If he could actually solve the problem for good, we can stop waisting each others time.

-Steve
 
Not sure what your local rules are in Ontario. My PAL says I can be in possession of a registered restricted firearm. As long as it is registered why do we wait for the transfer is completed by the CFO. I agree if you have concerns about the buyer/seller then waiting is prudent but if you are the seller and you have given the info to the CFO and received a reference number and the buyer has given the info to the CFO it seems to me the deal is done and the paper can follow.

Perhaps the legal beagles on the forum can pick apart this line of reasoning.

Take Care

Bob
 
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