Man...
Had my renewal documents received by CFC in April, now about 2 weeks or so until expiry and no word from BC CFO. That is 6 months they've had my documents. Going to let this weekend pass then get on the fax/phone.
I hate this kind of stuff.
I will conclude my story, as it may be relevant to the continuing discussion.
I posted this comment on the 13th, and emailed the contact link on the CFC website on the 16th. I kept it brief and polite, strictly expressing my concern that my RPAL was coming very close to expiry. The reply from the CFC came on the 18th and contained a stock message about not being able to release information on my file via email. That is fair enough, although I was looking more for reassurance than personal information. I decided to let it slide until the 24th and then make a call back to CFC.
Today, the 20th, I received a surprise email from the Firearms Officer at a
local RCMP detachment requesting a photo of my range membership. This I provided and the officer emailed an LTATT to me within two hours.
What to make of this I don't know, especially considering the document is written for a four year term versus the five year term of an RPAL that I assume will be shortly in the mail.
I'll let you all throw it around a while.
I really did not want to trouble these type of folks, as they no doubt should have bigger fish to fry, but I wanted to experience the potential consequences of a clerical error involving my RPAL's best before date even less. I'm one of these law-abiding firearms owners I guess, and by golly I'm going to abide the law regardless of how difficult a backwards, adversarial management culture tries to make it.
