Indoor private handgun shooting range?

[detonator]

Is it legal in Canada to build your own personal private handgun shooting space say in your basement of your home or underground if it was built properly, sound-proofed, ventilated, etc?

 

[Protege]

Is it legal in Canada to build your own personal private handgun shooting space say in your basement of your home or underground if it was built properly, sound-proofed, ventilated, etc?

As far as I know, you have to inform and be approved by your provincial CFO. Not sure about municipal compliance which I'm going to assume you need approval from city council even though it's indoors.

 

[Savage78]

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[Wretched]

I think you theoretically could, but there would be an awful lot of red tape and costs involved.

 

[Hitzy]

When I retire I'm going to try.....a couple steel shipping containers, bury them underground, double as a bunker lol.
3 feet of dirt on it, won't hear ####...

 

[PlaidSon]

Xd

 

[AussieNorinco]

When I retire I'm going to try.....a couple steel shipping containers, bury them underground, double as a bunker lol.
3 feet of dirt on it, won't hear ####...

Containers are not designed to have wieght acorss their entire length so thats a bad idea. They are designed to take weight on their corners only.

 

[zupermann]

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[zupermann]

When I retire I'm going to try.....a couple steel shipping containers, bury them underground, double as a bunker lol.
3 feet of dirt on it, won't hear ####...

I'm sure just a foot of dirt will do nicely.

To the OP, most people just go ahead and shoot (illegally) in their basements or root cellars. What "they" don't know won't hurt them

 

[Suther]

Containers are not designed to have wieght acorss their entire length so thats a bad idea. They are designed to take weight on their corners only.

Perhaps, but they are easily reinforced with some steel and a decent welder. There are also companies out there that make custom shipping containers for whatever the heck you want, generally sold for storage purposes but if you wanna pay for it, they'll make you whatever you want. Even install it on site, so if you drew up plans for something that was 2 containers wide, and two containers long, you could easily have it all welded up into one single "room" with support pillars and beams where necessary.

 

[Fretman]

It cannot be in your house and you have to not only be approved by your Provincial CFO but also the Provincial and Federal government. The back stops, ventilation, sound proofing and the rest of the bullet proofing you need to do will cost you a small to large fortune.

Savage said it best!

 

[dogzilla]

This doesn't get asked more than once or twice a week.

 

[detonator]

It cannot be in your house and you have to not only be approved by your Provincial CFO but also the Provincial and Federal government. The back stops, ventilation, sound proofing and the rest of the bullet proofing you need to do will cost you a small to large fortune.

So it's possible then, excellent. Does anybody know anyone who has one?

 

[detonator]

This doesn't get asked more than once or twice a week.

I did a search on this forum and this site and couldn't find anything relevant to my question. If you have some links, please post them.

 

[detonator]

i have the range design guidelines if anyone is interested pm me your email and I'll forward them.

Pm sent.

 

[skoal]

I did a search on this forum and this site and couldn't find anything relevant to my question. If you have some links, please post them.

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/search.php?searchid=13385318

 

[shawn]

To the OP, most people just go ahead and shoot (illegally) in their basements or root cellars.

Care to post up the law that says this?

Shawn

 

[Beniw765]

Care to post up the law that says this?

Shawn

Are you saying that there is no law against shooting in your basement?

 

[Savage78]

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[Savage78]

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