I requested that on my ATT and was declined. I suppose their rational is that opens the door for me to borrow restricted firearms without contacting them first for a temp att.
I have the standard "registered to principle address" or whatever it says. (haven't looked in a while).
#1. Did they refuse in writing? If not.. it is ILLEGAL.
"The responsible person who refuses or revokes must do it in writing [FA s. 72(1)]. A voice on the telephone cannot do either of those things, so any firearms control bureaucrat who tries to do that should be told that he is exceeding his authority under FA s. 72, and that you will wait for his refusal or revocation to be delivered to you in writing, as the law requires."
If they say it is "policy"... calmly state that policy is NOT law and they are duty bound to adhere to the actual law.
If they actually send the refusal (which they are loathe to do of course).. file for a reference hearing (at no cost) at your local court house as is allowed by section 72 / 74. (see the link for full details)
Read thoroughly and save yourself a copy. It is an excellent article on this subject:
http://nfa.ca/resource-items/document-refusal-and-revocation
If your app that they refused was some time ago that can still be appealed and/or you can use a fresh app (you do NOT need to do such through any range/club etc again contrary to the BS the CFO's love to say).. You can find the un-gimped app available via links here.
That BS restriction they are trying to impose does absolutely SFA good.. but since most either don't read it or sadly don't care it is again being used to erode our rights as is being dictated by a petty bureaucrat.
(Are you any more of a "public danger" if you borrow a legal firearm from a friend or if you go to the range with your own? The is a severe lack of common sense there to say the least and again it is used to control us.. and limit what we are entitled to do.)
And remember.. unless we ALL fight back they win.. and they will continue to act as if their creation of "policy" is law. That is unacceptable to say the least since our laws in this area are already way beyond insane.
