Do you need constant range membership in order to own restricteds?

U

Unregistered

Regular
Rating - 100%
6   0   0
Location
South Ontario
I am a restricted owner and have always been a member of a shooting range.

I understand that, in order to own restricteds, you may be required to explain to the CFC/RCMP why you need them. I have used mine to prepare for competitions, among other reasons (historical interest), and have always maintained range membership so that I can practice with my restricteds. Is this strictly necessary? Could I cancel my range memberships and still legitimately keep my restricteds?
 
The answer to your last question, as phrased, is, 'yes, but until C42 passes, you will probably have your authorization to transport revoked'.
 
Unregistered said:
I am a restricted owner and have always been a member of a shooting range.

I understand that, in order to own restricteds, you may be required to explain to the CFC/RCMP why you need them. I have used mine to prepare for competitions, among other reasons (historical interest), and have always maintained range membership so that I can practice with my restricteds. Is this strictly necessary? Could I cancel my range memberships and still legitimately keep my restricteds?
Click to expand...

To answer your question, you DO NOT need to be a member of any club or organization to keep your firearms. Since you already have restricted firearms, you have no worries. However, you must be a member of a club in order to get a LTATT. Bill C-42 will remove the requirement of having a separate LTATT as your PAL will also be your LTATT. However, make no mistake here, just because you'll no longer be required to have a club issued LTATT, you must be a member of a club in order to transport your firearms for purposes of target shooting. If your caught with restricted firearms outside of your home and your not a member of a CFO recognized club, you'll be in deep trouble.
 
kidcom said:
To answer your question, you DO NOT need to be a member of any club or organization to keep your firearms. Since you already have restricted firearms, you have no worries. However, you must be a member of a club in order to get a LTATT. Bill C-42 will remove the requirement of having a separate LTATT as your PAL will also be your LTATT. However, make no mistake here, just because you'll no longer be required to have a club issued LTATT, you must be a member of a club in order to transport your firearms for purposes of target shooting. If your caught with restricted firearms outside of your home and your not a member of a CFO recognized club, you'll be in deep trouble.
Click to expand...

Yep, they'll be safe queens.
 
kidcom said:
To answer your question, you DO NOT need to be a member of any club or organization to keep your firearms. Since you already have restricted firearms, you have no worries. However, you must be a member of a club in order to get a LTATT. Bill C-42 will remove the requirement of having a separate LTATT as your PAL will also be your LTATT. However, make no mistake here, just because you'll no longer be required to have a club issued LTATT, you must be a member of a club in order to transport your firearms for purposes of target shooting. If your caught with restricted firearms outside of your home and your not a member of a CFO recognized club, you'll be in deep trouble.
Click to expand...

You can have restricted outside of your home and not be a member of a club. Your purposes may be for other than target shooting. To my understanding the cfo can issue a ltatt for transport to gunsmiths and border crossings only, they just choose not to. we have been duped into believing they are acting under legal authority to enforce range membership, but not true.
 
You do not join or become a member of a range. You join a club. Club membership is not and never has been a legal requirement to own restricted firearms. It is a long standing, Ontario, CPFO policy only. If you do not have a club membership, you cannot take your restricted firearms anywhere to shoot. As it is now, smithy and border trips require an STATT. If C-42 is passed, that'll change.
Currently, you can have 'collecting' as your reason to own restricted. Opens a lot of Charter violation BS. Not sure if you can officially change the reason though. There's nothing in the law that says anything one way or the other. So you'd be putting yourself in the tender hands of an unelected civil servant's whims.
 
kidcom said:
To answer your question, you DO NOT need to be a member of any club or organization to keep your firearms. Since you already have restricted firearms, you have no worries. However, you must be a member of a club in order to get a LTATT. Bill C-42 will remove the requirement of having a separate LTATT as your PAL will also be your LTATT. However, make no mistake here, just because you'll no longer be required to have a club issued LTATT, you must be a member of a club in order to transport your firearms for purposes of target shooting. If your caught with restricted firearms outside of your home and your not a member of a CFO recognized club, you'll be in deep trouble.
Click to expand...

Once Bill C-42 passes ... Why do you still need to be a member of a club in order to shoot your restricted? The range I shoot at has day use fees (for non members). Why wouldn't a receipt showing I've been to the range suffice? I will no longer need to be a member of a range for them to issue an ATT, so why be a member at all if I can just pay day-use prices? I only go 3-4 times a year to the range.
 
LTATT is for TRANSPORT not for ownership. Lets make that clear.

You can transport your restricted for a various number of reasons that are not related at all to a gunclub, namely transporting it to a border crossing to go shooting in the USA.
 
Similar to this--whenever I do a transfer, they ask me what club I belong to. If my membership expires, will I have to get another membership before I can have another restricted transferred to me?
 
JayFlip said:
Similar to this--whenever I do a transfer, they ask me what club I belong to. If my membership expires, will I have to get another membership before I can have another restricted transferred to me?
Click to expand...

You can buy restricted without being a member so i would imagine you still transfer/buy after it expires.
 
My Alberta LTATT condition states ''The holder must be a member in good standing of an approved shooting club OR, the guest of a member of an approved shooting club.''

So why would the LTATT be no good if you don't renew your membership and just want to shoot as a guest at another range?
 
In Ontario its not an issue to buy a few restricteds without a range membership.

Perhaps if you suddenly bought 5 handguns and an AR in a day, without being a member of a range they might red flag that and say no. From what I understand, they might red flag that anyway and say no even if you have a range membership.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom