Can someone explain what l need to buy pistol??
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If you want an Authority to Transport than you need a gun club membership. If you tell the CFC that your a collector only than you MAY be OK. I'm not sure of this but best to join a gun club and have the proof of membership available. Where I live I had to fax in a signed authorization so I could call in for an ATT when I want to move a gun or sell it.
If you tell the CFC you are a "collector" and not an active shooter at a club (with proof of membership) then you leave yourself open for a home inspection to insure you are compliant with the "rules of storage" etc etc.
BUY the membership, and this simplifies life.
BUY the membership, and this simplifies life.
You're in BC - you must have a range membership and a long term ATT (as well as your RPAL) in order for the BC CFO to transfer a pistol to you. Argue if you must, but you WILL lose, this one is something they are not negotiable about. Be ready to go, or no gun. Note that in BC you apply for your own LTATT, the club verifies only your membership, it has no other role in your LTATT.
As a note, you do not need a "Range Membership", many of which cost several hundred dollars per year. You need a "Club Membership", many of which cost less than a hundred dollars a year. For example, I am a member of the Edmonton Shooters Guild, which costs $30 a year, but I also have a membership at the Phoenix Indoor range which costs $395 per year, huge difference. The range is optional, the club is not.
Once you have that, whoever currently owns the pistol will need your information, such as full legal name, address, PAL number, and so forth. They can initiate the transfer with the CFC, who will then need you to confirm the transfer.
Then, if you will need to pick up the gun at the store, or post office, or whatever you will need an Authorization to Transport for that, from wherever the gun lives now to your residence. If the gun will be delivered directly to your door via courier, you do not need an ATT for that because you're not transporting it anywhere.
Then, if you want to take the gun to the range, or gunsmith, or wherever else, you will need a different Authorization to Transport from your residence to that destination and back again.
Now, since you called it an FAC, I'm just going to mention that you should make sure that your contact information with the CFC is up to date. They will need your current address. Make sure that is all updated first, so that it doesn't hold up your transfer if they're trying to call some number that's now out of service, or mailing notifications to a house that you moved out of back in 1983. This is a hole that a lot of older guys are falling into, especially if you have been moving around with restricted or prohibited firearms, you need an ATT to change residence and many people forget about that. If you call in to acquire a new gun, but provide a new address that the CFO doesn't have on file, you can get in some trouble if they find out you've been illegally transporting your firearms.
Also, the CFC, and CFO are now able to email notifications, which can significantly reduce wait times. In many cases you can get your request processed in minutes rather than weeks spent waiting for paperwork. Some documents, such as the registration certificates will need to be mailed, but the sender can send the gun as soon as it is approved and then you just sit on the gun until the certificate arrives. Usually much quicker that way.
If you do get things like your ATT emailed, I strongly recommend printing off several copies. Leave one at home, keep one with the gun, and keep one in your pocket. If all you have is a digital copy on your phone, and the police ever need to examine it, you're going to have to give them access to your phone and/or email account so they can look at it. They aren't all like it, but some officers will walk away with your documents and sit in their cruiser, and then additional officers will show up and demand your documentation and saying "The other officer has it." just sounds like an excuse they've heard a hundred times.
Some people will recommend claiming that you are a collector as a way to "get around" having to buy a club membership. Don't do that because the CFO may decide to deny you a long term ATT to go shooting at the range because you chose collecting rather than target shooting. Also, it opens you up to having to meet the collector's regulations.
Enjoy.
Once you have that, whoever currently owns the pistol will need your information, such as full legal name, address, PAL number, and so forth. They can initiate the transfer with the CFC, who will then need you to confirm the transfer.
Then, if you will need to pick up the gun at the store, or post office, or whatever you will need an Authorization to Transport for that, from wherever the gun lives now to your residence. If the gun will be delivered directly to your door via courier, you do not need an ATT for that because you're not transporting it anywhere.
Then, if you want to take the gun to the range, or gunsmith, or wherever else, you will need a different Authorization to Transport from your residence to that destination and back again.
Now, since you called it an FAC, I'm just going to mention that you should make sure that your contact information with the CFC is up to date. They will need your current address. Make sure that is all updated first, so that it doesn't hold up your transfer if they're trying to call some number that's now out of service, or mailing notifications to a house that you moved out of back in 1983. This is a hole that a lot of older guys are falling into, especially if you have been moving around with restricted or prohibited firearms, you need an ATT to change residence and many people forget about that. If you call in to acquire a new gun, but provide a new address that the CFO doesn't have on file, you can get in some trouble if they find out you've been illegally transporting your firearms.
Also, the CFC, and CFO are now able to email notifications, which can significantly reduce wait times. In many cases you can get your request processed in minutes rather than weeks spent waiting for paperwork. Some documents, such as the registration certificates will need to be mailed, but the sender can send the gun as soon as it is approved and then you just sit on the gun until the certificate arrives. Usually much quicker that way.
If you do get things like your ATT emailed, I strongly recommend printing off several copies. Leave one at home, keep one with the gun, and keep one in your pocket. If all you have is a digital copy on your phone, and the police ever need to examine it, you're going to have to give them access to your phone and/or email account so they can look at it. They aren't all like it, but some officers will walk away with your documents and sit in their cruiser, and then additional officers will show up and demand your documentation and saying "The other officer has it." just sounds like an excuse they've heard a hundred times.
Some people will recommend claiming that you are a collector as a way to "get around" having to buy a club membership. Don't do that because the CFO may decide to deny you a long term ATT to go shooting at the range because you chose collecting rather than target shooting. Also, it opens you up to having to meet the collector's regulations.
Enjoy.
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Cash or creadit and a firearm licence all you need . actually you don't need a licence to buy one ,,, only to take possetion of one .... you can pay for one but they wont g ive it to you until you get your licence.
OPPSY didn't see the mail part.
OPPSY didn't see the mail part.
This is all you need. http://www.silvercore.ca/memberships
So enefgee, you're saying B.C.'s CPFO won't do a transfer and issue an ATT unless you already have an LTATT? No new restricted shooters at all in B.C.? Just curious.
Like Stevebot-7 says, there's no such thing as a range membership. You join a club, not a range
Like Stevebot-7 says, there's no such thing as a range membership. You join a club, not a range
Actually, there is such a thing as a range membership but it is quite often completely separate from club memberships and not a requirement of getting an ATT.
Clubs do tend to be ranges in BC, there are NO ranges that aren't clubs.The one club I can think of that isn't a range is located in BC. Most clubs in BC are registered non-profit organizations (this used to be a requirement to have a range in BC), and this means that generally the cost of membership runs from $40 to $100 a year. Clubs do not play any part in your ATT except to confirm that you're a member. No qualification shoots are required by BC CFO. Here in Victoria a new shooter will generally take their RPAL to a gun store, pick out their handgun, pay for it, buy a membership at the only club accepting new members ($100/yr no other costs for a basic shoot all you want membership), and apply for a long term ATT right at the store, and then wait a week. Once approved, they'll get a TAN, LTATT and an STATT all at once.
As far as new restricted shooters go, the club mentioned above had 700 members 10 years ago, now it has 4,000+, the 2 other clubs have waiting lists of one year, and TEN years.
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Wait until it arrives in the mail or the police show up at your door. If you call for a short term to your own club, someone will have an aneurysm trying to figure out why you would need that.
