I don’t even tolerate that sort of thing here. As a community, we should be actively working with one another to keep as much information away from the government as possible. Buuuut, too many boomers really do just love to beak off about DO NOT COMPLY in between bouts of sucking the government boot.
I know my local gunshop keeps a logbook of every gun sold to who, I've been told it's required by the province and the SQ ( the provincial police) comes once in a while to check it (From what I have understood, but I could be wrong about the police part, but the logbook is real AF) .
But Quebec got their own registry now.. the SIAF (Belle province moi le sac), so I haven't bought non-restricted in Quebec since, only restricted for which my informations were written into the logbook.
'' Si tu veux vivre, risque ta vie (...) L'homme y'a pas le choix bcp, ou ben donc il décide d'être un homme ou ben donc il décide de se conformer. '' - Michel Chartrand.
No check of drivers license at one of the major gun stores in Calgary. I have made two purchases at the store in the last couple months, all that is required is a show of your PAL, no other exchange of information.
One of these purchases was also paid for with cash. I purchased a restricted firearm at this same store two years ago, on the day before my PAL was set to expire, no problems at all.
I recently came across of this video, not sure if its allowed to publish it here but here it goes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i5q2RFb3HY
Here is my problem with this practice - most gun retailers do not do it - that is, for most gun retailers that I have been to in person, only showing them the PAL is needed. They may record the PAL information in their system, but they don't make a copy of it, and certainly they don't ask for my driver's licnce.
One retailer in the Toronto area has this practice of photocopying the PAL and driver's licence - that retailer I refuse to give them my business, which is my choice, just like it is theirs to have that practice.
Now, if one orders online, the retailer obviously will have your address and credit card number on file, and the billing address entered needs to match what it says on the credit card in order for the transaction to go through.
In person, however, I fail to understand why have this practice. If there is an issue of identity theft etc., you would think the bulk of the firearms vendor would adopt the same policy. But the vast majority of them don't.
CCFR, CSSA, NRA (Life), CPC, CHP
What about asking for you to email a copy of your photo id along with the credit card info? Had that today, wondering if that is normal or is it a scam from some outside source? Said every online order was subject to it.
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios
I think its actually illegal to collect and store information for non-restricted sales..
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/...38/page-1.html