need new references as one decided my having a gun licence was against his beliefs

Jinx, can you not take a licensed friend with you to the gun shows?[/QUOTE]

i can but than i have to send home my stuff with someone else and my closest neoghbor/friend to this event does not have restricted so there is only so much i can get and than if i see something i want and cannot get i am like ggrrrrr and if i just don't see it cause i don't go i am non the wiser
 
so four months since my application was received my new reference was finally scanned and he called in and did the interview. my husband has the same reference and my hsbands licence was approved and issued the next day. not mine mine was sent to the cfo for further review. same references same everything why would they flag mine. anyone had this
 
random chance. Random hardass.

My friend did his CFSC with his common law wife. They both shared the same reference too. She got hers in a little over a month; he had to wait 4 months.
 
jinx0523 said:
so four months since my application was received my new reference was finally scanned and he called in and did the interview. my husband has the same reference and my hsbands licence was approved and issued the next day. not mine mine was sent to the cfo for further review. same references same everything why would they flag mine. anyone had this
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might have something to do with the original reference backing out.....barring that, I would say ####ty luck. I would start calling the cfo.
Hope everything works out and you get it soon.
 
Silveragent said:
random chance. Random hardass.

My friend did his CFSC with his common law wife. They both shared the same reference too. She got hers in a little over a month; he had to wait 4 months.
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Wired leader said:
might have something to do with the original reference backing out.....barring that, I would say ####ty luck. I would start calling the cfo.
Hope everything works out and you get it soon.
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Both of these. My money is on the first reference backing out though. It would raise a flag I'm sure.
 
Fellow is not your friend. During 15 years there was ample opportunity to discuss beliefs... If a person does not value, respect or trust you enough to share his beliefs, be honest about what willing or unwilling to do, agree to disagree, work through a problem, whatever then an acquaintance at best. Tough though as 15 years is a lot of history but quality over quantity. If that is the type of person it is and not a misunderstanding then run the risk of them saying one thing and doing another or otherwise screwing you again in the future... Consider the risk this person posses to you when you have your license and possess firearms, can you trust them with a key to your place...

The experience serves as a warning though, can remove this person from your life but may be more difficult to remove people at work / in other relationships and it was just made clear how a person's beliefs need not be rational or open for discussion thus may be need to exercise some discretion... (3, 2, 1, waiting for the flack about need to be an advocate and not hide firearms ownership... would ask if are an advocate for your beliefs on religion, politics, abortion, prostitution, drug legalization, etc. in same circumstances...).
 
jinx0523 said:
so four months since my application was received my new reference was finally scanned and he called in and did the interview. my husband has the same reference and my hsbands licence was approved and issued the next day. not mine mine was sent to the cfo for further review. same references same everything why would they flag mine. anyone had this
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It's probably nothing. My wife did her RPAL course at the same time as my best friend. He sent his application in the next day, she took a week to get her reference to sign, and her's took aout 5 weeks before it came in the mail. My friend's took over 4 months to get. Seems to be no rhyme or reason to it.
Kristian
 
I remember when the federal long gun registry was in existence, I had a transfer that was sent to the cfo for review for no apparent reason...at least none that they gave me. I just forgot about it and one day the certificate came in the mail. They just like to justify their overpaid asses I guess.
 
I've had second thoughts on being someones reference before.
I was going to go out hunting with this guy and he had squirreled away somewhere a 22. so he opens up his case and pulls it out and his 6 year old kid walks up and wants to hold it, so he passes it to his kid and then about 10 seconds later he's like "I should check that gun" so he grabs it from his kid and takes the mag out which turned out to be loaded.
 
so i called the rcmp and asked how long wait times at the cfo were and why mime was flagged when my husbands was issued. she said she could not tell me why it was flagged or how long the wait was or if there was any furhter information that the CFO needed. and she insisted with the enterview being only the day before there was no way that my husbands licence had been issued. i had to actually read her the status on the web site before she believed mean and than she got flustered and said she could not discuss someone elses file with me. so i asked to be transfered to the cfo since she could not answer my questions she refused and said that i had to give the CFO time to work and that they would not possibly look at my file after only a day. i insisted that since she could not answer my questions i wanted to be transfered to the CFO and that i time frame on how long approvals were taking did not even require anyone to look at my file. she again refused. i than asked her name and asked her to clarify if she was actually refusing to transfer me to a goverment department that i had a right to speak with. she said hold on nd transfered me without another word.
i spoke with a nice young lady at the CFO and she was very polite she did look at my file she could not tell me why it was flagged but did say they were not missing any info and that if there was no change on the web site by friday(this was tuesday) i was to call back in.
today is friday and i call the rcmp as no change they said there was nothing in the notes i told the guy that the CFO had told me to call in today and he said no problem and transfered me to the CFO straight away. Spoke with i believe the same lady at the CFO and she looked at my file and said she was issuing my licence on the spot. she did not ask any other questions and there was no indication why i was flagged. an hour latter the web has already changed to say that my licence has been issued so i will let you all know when it shows up.
 
Yea sometimes you just have to power through the bureaucracy. Logic may not have anything to do with it. Maybe someone accidentally pressed the 'flag' key that day.
 
Jinx...That's Awesome! Good for you for standing your ground. I'm not sure why, but the people at the RCMP are not usually friendly and can be downright rude sometimes. You were polite, but firm and it worked for you.

Congrats!
 
well for anyone else sitting and waiting and wondering how long this really can take my licence finally arrived yesterday a full almost to the day 5 months after passing my course and submitting my application.
 
Gunnar said:
I don't think it matters; mine was also for restricted. Maybe they were feeling lazy that day. lol
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I have never heard
of an rpal application where the references were not contacted.....and for the most part, non restricted applicants usually don't have their references contacted, unless their are unusual circumstances.



Jinx:
Congratulations!!!!
Sucks that it took that long for sure, but now you've had 5 extra months of savings so go out and buy something really nice!
 
already ordered in a Mossberg 715T .22LR Semi-Auto Tactical Rifle w/ Red Dot Sight and picked up a mossberg 100atr 30-06 to hold me over till the ruger 9mm and sig sauer p226 i want is off back order
 
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