ATT's what you need to know
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Another change for the worse. - dan
This is a very old Thread ... a lot of information became obsolete while it was still alive
ATT as Special conditions attached to RPAL now only (I omit prohibs related to shorten) allow:
Transport of restricted firearms registered to the license holder within their province of residence by a route that in all circumstance is reasonably direct for the specific indicated purposes
1. Transport of restricted firearms possessed for the purpose of target practice to and from all shooting clubs and ranges approved under s.29 of the FA (no DND, DNR, etc ranges)
(One must have RPAL, all certificates, a copy of these conditions)
2. Transport of a newly acquired restricted firearms from the place of acquisition to the license holder's dwelling house or other place authorized by the CFO.
(one must have RPAL, Transfer Notification (Seller or Buyer), a copy of these conditions).
ATT as Special conditions attached to RPAL now only (I omit prohibs related to shorten) allow:
Transport of restricted firearms registered to the license holder within their province of residence by a route that in all circumstance is reasonably direct for the specific indicated purposes
1. Transport of restricted firearms possessed for the purpose of target practice to and from all shooting clubs and ranges approved under s.29 of the FA (no DND, DNR, etc ranges)
(One must have RPAL, all certificates, a copy of these conditions)
2. Transport of a newly acquired restricted firearms from the place of acquisition to the license holder's dwelling house or other place authorized by the CFO.
(one must have RPAL, Transfer Notification (Seller or Buyer), a copy of these conditions).
Not a change. In effect as long as I can remember.
It’s not really an ATT. The ATT to take a new purchase home is attached to your licence on the conditions paper that came with it. I believe your referring to the ‘Transfer Notification Buyer’ that says you may take possession. I’ve always printed the ‘Transfer Notification Buyer’ and taken it along with my licence/conditions to the store or post office. Never thought about if the electronic copy of it was sufficient?
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Just a quick question as to the ATTs imbedded into our license's. Say you're an Ontario resident that is not a member of a range but you use a walk in range service, do you need a discrete ATT for each time you want to go, or is the one included in our license conditions good enough, even if you're not a formal member of the range? Since you don't need to belong to an actual club in Ontario I'm under the impression that you can just go without calling the RCMP and getting an ATT since it's already included to a range you shoot at and I don't think it specifies you need a current membership card, but I might be off base here. I wanted to make sure before doing anything that might come back to bite me...
Your RPAL licence conditions already allows you to transport to any approved ‘Section 29’ ranges. To ‘CYA’, most ranges, usually through their websites, have a visiting shooter authorization form which you could carry with you as further proof.
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No, at one point if you had the email or letter you could take your firearm to the range. Didn't need to wait for the actual registration slip. - dan
Do you have different rules in Quebec? When I was on the phone previously with the BC CFO I was told no ST-ATT required for to/from the Post Office. If you do need one, there is an "Apply for ATT" section on the CFC website now. Last buddy I had that moved submitted and damn-near instantly received an e-mail with them attached
EDIT: Just did some looking online. Not sure if I was mistaken from the BC CFO, because maybe you do need one to go TO the post office? For sure don't need one to take it home from there. I guess it depends on how you interpret this:
RCMP Website said:
The BC CFO for sure told me I didn't need one to get home from the Post Office because it is still considered "the place of purchase". Does it work the other way though? I can't for sure confirm. But, I would suggest using the website and just apply for an ATT through there
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Can you bring a restricted rifle home in original manufacture box from retailer, or do you have to bring a lockable case to do so?
Also, do you need an ATT for each restricted firearm, or is the ATT assigned to the license holder for all of his or her firearms.
Also, do you need an ATT for each restricted firearm, or is the ATT assigned to the license holder for all of his or her firearms.
You’re picking up a parcel at the post office, not a firearm. You don’t need anything as the Police have already given permission for the seller to ship to you. Mail is protected in Canada and can’t be opened by Police without a warrant. So no one, including you, knows what is in the package. If you open before you get home, that’s where the trouble would start.
when picking y yourself, you are transporting a restricted firearm ... so all transportation rules for an individual do apply ...
when sending out, a dealer prepares a package according to transportation rules for businesses, you are transporting a package while it unopened ...
You’re “conditions paper” is the ATT authorization to pick it up at the dealers shop as it’s “from the place of acquisition to the licence holders dwelling” (presuming this is not your first restricted)
The second part of your question is interesting because if the gun shop mails it to you, they don’t have to ship in a locked container but if you leave the shop with it in just the cardboard box it came in, you wouldn’t be following transport regs.
Just bring a lockable container with you when you pick it up. If you’re coming from the post office with the package, that’s a different scenario as others have pointed out. In that case, it’s just a parcel.
