Bought powder at LeBaron and got carded

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I started reloading my own ammo fairly recently.

About 6 weeks ago, I went to LeBaron in Ottawa and purchase some reloading supplies including some Titegroup. I never had to show any
ID, I simply picked up the powder in the gun room, and got my primers
and paid at the cash.

I went to Lebaron this weekend, and bought 2lbs. of Varget, and got
carded, the gentleman(same as the last time) behind the counter in
the gun room asked for my PAL, and what city I was from, and recorded
it in his PAL.

Now I found this a bit odd, but it was somewhat nullified by the fact that
this was my second visit in a row to LeBaron which ended up with me getting
everything I was looking for without any hassles.

I thought we only got carded when we bought ammunition, not reloading components? Am I mistaken?
 
i have never had to show my PAL to buy reloading components, and as far as i know you do not need to show it. Next time ask the guy why he asked for it? Store policy?
 
Did they write your info in the "book"? (as in the stupid ammo law in ON)

As far as I know, you do not have to show your PAL for powder, but this is ON and it could be the CFO flexing it's assumed power again. (Or LeBaron taking some flack from the Quebec CFO and pressuring LeBaron's head office in PQ)
 
I assumed it was a new change, as I hadn't been asked before. I complied as I had driven an hour to get there and wasn't going to go home empty handed ;) But I was curious if this was some new province wide scheme or just an deviation from the norm?

As a side note, he did write my information down, and in plain view, so that I was actually able to read all the other names on the page in the book. I even recognized some of the names as being people from my gun club. If I were

Doug ###x from the SFFGC, I would be pretty pissed off ;)
 
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NRCAN ERD division requires that you don't Explosives sell to minors.

I got this from them couple weeks ago
Please note that in Part X - Section 120 (1) of the Regulations, no person shall knowingly sell any explosives to a person who is under 18 years of age, or appears to be under 18 years of age and does not produce evidence that he is 18 years of age or older.
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If you look young, you gotta fork up ID of some kind.Being Ontario, it's likely that the PAL/POL is the route Lebaron chose.

One point for Ottawa Lebarons is that they don't require street addresses etc.
I just say Kemptville. You will never find me with my name and Kemptville.
 
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In the powder book kept at a local sporting goods store, I was filling in some ( but not all) of my info ( due to the fact the info isn't kept private in the book), and I noticed numerous joke entries. Apparently Osama himself shops for his powder right here in Cowtown.:runaway: Personally I think it's a joke anyways. If some jerk is gonna make something with horrible intentions for its application, he's goona go the bulk route anyways. Start having a log book for fertilizer sales at UFA whydoncha?
 
Here in B.C. when buying powder must be signed for - Name and Place of Residence. Not asked to show firearms license.
And from what I've been reading more restrictions to come.
 
NEVER have i ever been asked for id for powder

ive probably bought several hundred pounds in the last 15 years (total NOT at one time)!!!
 
I don't really mind it, I was just wondering if it was a new thing or not. The guy was good about it, It wasn't the gestapo cornering you get at some places when you buy ammo.
 
WSS in the peg last week, pound of Blue Dot, No hassles. The more I read of other places, the more I fell blessed to have the WSS that I have here, sounds like it's the best in the country.
 
All retailers are supposed to record the address of the purchaser buying powder. And yes also an age thing, a drivers licence legally will do, alot of stores are more comfortable seeing a pal. Anything goes wrong later they can tell cops " well, he had a PAL"
M.
 
I bought a bunch of stuff, including powder, at Higginson's about a month ago and the only card they got to see was my Visa.
 
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NRCAN ERD division requires that you don't Explosives sell to minors.

I got this from them couple weeks ago


Am I splitting hairs, or just thinking to much. But modern day smokeless powder is not an explosive. An accelerant (sp) for sure though, but black powder is an explosive. So if it comes down to selling an explosive, which definition is right.

Paul
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I understood modern smokeless gunpowder is not an explosive.

If it that is true, then why would rules governing explosives be in play here?
 
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