Camping while traveling for IPSC competition? Is it legal to store handgun in tent?

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Hello in a couple of months we will be going to Nanaimo for an IPSC qualifier, we were thinking of saving some money by camping instead of renting a hotel room. Is it legal to take our handguns and store them in our tents while we camp the day before and after the competition?

I've heard before that when you camp your tent/campsite becomes your temporary residence (the same than a hotel room) so you are allowed to store your firearm there. Have any of you done it? Is it legal?

I appreciate any input.
Thanks!
 
adrenaline681 said:
Hello in a couple of months we will be going to Nanaimo for an IPSC qualifier, we were thinking of saving some money by camping instead of renting a hotel room. Is it legal to take our handguns and store them in our tents while we camp the day before and after the competition?

I've heard before that when you camp your tent/campsite becomes your temporary residence (the same than a hotel room) so you are allowed to store your firearm there. Have any of you done it? Is it legal?

I appreciate any input.
Thanks!
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Like anything else,it's legal until it gets stolen. Then,you'll answer to the law who will most certainly lay a "unsafe storage" charge and let a Judge sort it out. Do yourself a favor and leave it locked in your vehicle.
 
Locked in the vehicle at the campsite would be more secure than being left in a tent - which you cannot lock.
 
Trimmer 905 said:
Like anything else,it's legal until it gets stolen. Then, you'll answer to the law who will most certainly lay a "unsafe storage" charge and let a Judge sort it out. Do yourself a favor and leave it locked in your vehicle.
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Right, I wouldn't leave the guns alone in the tent of course. I would be with them at all times.

If I store them in my car wouldnt that be against the law because you cant store firearms in a vehicle? vs in my tent which becomes my residence so technically legal?
 
Last time I inquired this exact issue, cfo told me you cannot have it in a tent. Temporary residence has to have solid wall like an RV or trailer. Hotel/motel air b&b is fine
 
I don't know the law/made up CFO rules but I can give you an anecdote. A family member took a 44 Mag revolver on a motorcycle tenting trip to Alaska and back. No problems even with police and border crossing interactions. Didn't even need an STATT according to the CFP because his LTATT included any border crossing in BC or Yukon.
 
OP, it’s up to you of course, but the last thing I’d recommend is going to an Internet forum for legal advice on something that could land you in jail.
Call the CFO or a lawyer and get names & stuff in writing.

During your trial, the judge isn’t really going to take you seriously when you tell him “Bob from cgn” said this was ok.
 
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Last time I spoke with the CFO, they said hotel or private residence. One could save a few bucks by staying at a college dorm, unfortunately CFO said no go.
 
Call the CFO is the best answer, I don't think there is a standard. When applying for STATT I have had to provide hotel addresses for some requests and for other requests they never asked for any details.

I just received a STATT for a match I am attending in BC. I couldn't find a hotel room, so when I emailed in my request I stated that I intended to camp at the range, didn't specify tent or camper. I received an approved STATT.
 
5.45 said:
Last time I spoke with the CFO, they said hotel or private residence. One could save a few bucks by staying at a college dorm, unfortunately CFO said no go.
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I think you'd find that a college dorm has rules against firearms on premises anyway. (34 years ago; mine did - it probably only get worse since.)
 
When I spoke with the CFO they explained that I could go camping with restricted firearms as long as they were stored in accordance with the storage laws and there was a reason for having the firearms with me eg. I was heading to a restricted range afterwards.
 
Freedom Ventures said:
OP, it’s up to you of course, but the last thing I’d recommend is going to an Internet forum for legal advice on something that could land you in jail.
Call the CFO or a lawyer and get names & stuff in writing.

During your trial, the judge isn’t really going to take you seriously when you tell him “Bob from cgn” said this was ok.
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Well,that is great advise!
 
I agree with Leadmonkey, quite simply a lot of "the sky is falling" opinions posted here.

The fact is there is no stipulation whatsoever as to what you live in on an ATT...just a legal land/municipal address. It doesn't mater if your staying at a public commercial campground or at the range, a tent is your residence/cover from the elements. The only caveat with a commercial campsite is that the CFO will probably ask for a completed "permission form" from the campsite owner giving permission to possess restricted firearms at his establishment.

The fact that the tent is unlocked is irrelevant as well...there is no legislation requiring a household be locked if it contains a restricted firearm...only that it is trigger locked inside an "opaic, not easily broken into carrying container. The same regulations apply for "transporting to a range" as storage inside your house, whatever form that is of your choosing...sso if your traveling container is "legal" to travel with it is also legal in your residence even tho that residence is temporary.

One of the gun clubs that I belong to have numerous members that regularly tent with restricted at both range & commercial sites and will continue to do so. We had a Ab. CFO representative try to instigate a "no camping at the range with restricted" policy more than a year ago and she got her Pee Pee slapped ...haven't heard a peep since.
 
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