Collection of Information

I don’t even tolerate that sort of thing here. As a community, we should be actively working with one another to keep as much information away from the government as possible. Buuuut, too many boomers really do just love to beak off about DO NOT COMPLY in between bouts of sucking the government boot.
 
L86 All Terrain said:
Did you buy in Quebec, i just seen OP’s text about language barrier. I am pretty sure that after Cons ditched the LG registry, Quebec decided to keep their own version of it. Maybe that has changed by now, but perhaps if you bought in Quebec you are now in their provincial registry?
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I know my local gunshop keeps a logbook of every gun sold to who, I've been told it's required by the province and the SQ ( the provincial police) comes once in a while to check it (From what I have understood, but I could be wrong about the police part, but the logbook is real AF) .


But Quebec got their own registry now.. the SIAF (Belle province moi le sac), so I haven't bought non-restricted in Quebec since, only restricted for which my informations were written into the logbook.
 
duncansuds said:
I’ve ran into this a few times. Walked away from a sale once due to the collection of information. I will likely only be buying used guns now..... I will never again submit information past a call to the CFO for verification.
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X2 by law you are only required to show your Pal as long as your face matches the one on the card and it is valid that is where it stops
 
Big Boss said:
I don’t even tolerate that sort of thing here. As a community, we should be actively working with one another to keep as much information away from the government as possible. Buuuut, too many boomers really do just love to beak off about DO NOT COMPLY in between bouts of sucking the government boot.
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No check of drivers license at one of the major gun stores in Calgary. I have made two purchases at the store in the last couple months, all that is required is a show of your PAL, no other exchange of information.
One of these purchases was also paid for with cash. I purchased a restricted firearm at this same store two years ago, on the day before my PAL was set to expire, no problems at all.
 
Here is my problem with this practice - most gun retailers do not do it - that is, for most gun retailers that I have been to in person, only showing them the PAL is needed. They may record the PAL information in their system, but they don't make a copy of it, and certainly they don't ask for my driver's licnce.

One retailer in the Toronto area has this practice of photocopying the PAL and driver's licence - that retailer I refuse to give them my business, which is my choice, just like it is theirs to have that practice.

Now, if one orders online, the retailer obviously will have your address and credit card number on file, and the billing address entered needs to match what it says on the credit card in order for the transaction to go through.

In person, however, I fail to understand why have this practice. If there is an issue of identity theft etc., you would think the bulk of the firearms vendor would adopt the same policy. But the vast majority of them don't.
 
What about asking for you to email a copy of your photo id along with the credit card info? Had that today, wondering if that is normal or is it a scam from some outside source? Said every online order was subject to it.
 
If you are a business , you are required by law to keep these business records for a set time period.
It is a requirement of any business!
 
Rangeview sports made me upload them a picture of my drivers license and firearms license to them, never had to do that before. Usually it’s giving a store my license number and such and away I go. Kind of odd, but.
 
If the store keeps a ledger on their own accord what's to stop them from showing g it to rcmp or cfo on their own accord. It's their information. Same as fb or anyone else who sells info recorded about people
 
I buy firearms from a local hunting store and they always have asked to see my drivers licence or another price of ID. Just to verify it’s you in the pal. Never seen them write down any other info other then what is on my pal. They keep a store record of who they sell to. They never made me sign anything, that’s a little weird.
 
Rookiegun said:
Just follow their instructions and move on! Rather a retail store collect too much information than not enough. Particularly when it relates to the purchase of firearms.
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100% disagree. The more information that’s collected the greater the risk if it gets compromised. If it doesn’t need to be collected, it shouldn’t be.
 
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