Owning a Handgun..... pain in @ss or not

I second the comments about it being a pain to work through the system to get your first one. Get an experienced friend to walk you through it. After the first, you realize it's really not a big deal. If it was harder, I could probably stop. As it is, I'm running out of room again......
Do it my friend. Join the club. Strength in numbers.
 
The first time it seems intimidating but it really isn't hard. Also after you have your LTATT it is as simple as just purchasing the gun and calling the CFO office to confirm.
 
I didn't find it a pain at all, was actually easier than I expected. The more rpal holders that buy restricted firearms the better as far as I look at it, strength in numbers is always a good thing.
 
promac said:
Yeah, it's a PITA. The restrictive ATT's make going to the range a lot more difficult. If I drive my son to a ski resort or skateboard park, I wouldn't mind going to the range on the way back, but nooooooh, can't do that. What a crock of poop!

Then there's the issue of maligned RPAL and ATT expiry dates. There's no common sense in the restrictions whatsoever, except to burden or attempt to ensnare the unwary gun owner.
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using the word reasonably direct. what is reasonable to you? i get a coffee every morning on my way to work. If i want a coffee on my way to the range i stop and grab a coffee. IMO its reasonable. Also, sometimes you dont want to take the kids, is it not reasoable to drop them off somewhere so you can go to the range? sounds reasonable to me.

Dont over think it.
 
The system is quite good after all, not that hard and if you buy new, our dealers take care of everything... Cool. JP.
 
ScubaD said:
I was wondering what its like to own a handgun.... if you belong to a club where you can use it, is there a lot to it? Filling out the paper work getting the ATT, is all the stuff surrounding the ownership is it more of a pain or really no different then just owning a rifle.

Just a question?
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It depends on your access to a reasonabley priced range in your area . Restricted firearms can only be used at the range , so if the range fees are high , or there is alot of drive time involved....it may be best to avoid restricted firearms....plus restricted firearms are registered , whereas NR are not.....so there may may a concern there as well...
 
When I get into a club, this is something I am going to look into.
weigh out the cost and all the stuff around it..... but I'm going to start shopping for one now :)
 
Most of the important contributions you can make to society in your life are a pain in the ass. If this was 1975, I wouldn't bother owning guns, but this is 2015. Freedom is important. Preserve it.
 
I haven't read the whole thread, but I'll just throw in my two cents here...and I'll bet it's not a popular opinion. I was into handguns for years, starting long before the days of PAL's and FAC's. Tremendous fun, got a huge amount of enjoyment out of it, but as the legislative nooses got tighter and tighter I found the enjoyment leaching out of it. The clubs I belonged to became more and more anal about not only the actual laws, but about their own rules and regs. I moved to a rural acreage where I was able to shoot my non-restricted guns, and the fact that I couldn't use my restricted firearms there was like a sharp stone in a workboot...a constant irritation. The temptation to shoot safely at home gnawed at me, and yet I had so much to lose if I were caught doing so that I would not yield to it.

Eventually, I came to look upon at this way: shooting is something I do because I enjoy it, plain and simple. I absolutely was not enjoying the vast amount of bulls%&t that had grown to accompany the ownership and use of handguns anymore, so I bit the bullet and sold them all off, letting my club memberships lapse. I still do a lot of non-restricted shooting, almost all of it at home, in fact I would hazard a guess that I shoot more often than 90% of CGN members...it's a very rare day that I don't step outside and spend at least a half hour shooting some kind of gun. I have maintained my RPAL, I belong to the NFA, I have rallied in person in Ottawa, I have attended and spoken at local public meetings where shooting was on the agenda for discussion, I have written my fair share of letters to both local and Federal politicians, and I never let pass an opportunity to speak up for the pro-gun side of any conversation or debate I hear...and having lived in Onterrible for most of my life, I can assure you that plenty of those chances arose where mine was the only voice of reason.

Lately, I have started owning and using an antique handgun legally at home, and the joy of shooting it is immense. I often think about how great it would be to have access to and belong to a club that would allow the use of restricteds, but I'm happy with the current set-up and I don't see myself driving an hour or more to a club to go shooting.

Are handguns worth it in Canada? For some people, I'm sure they are. For others, not so much. You'll never know until you try.
 
Owning a handgun a pain?

No, not a pain for me.

Have owned at least one for ~ 35 yrs.

As poster above said, it has become more restrictive over time, but I have not let that deter me.

I contemplate carrying on owning at least one for some time to come. :)

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jjohnwm said:
I haven't read the whole thread, but I'll just throw in my two cents here...and I'll bet it's not a popular opinion. I was into handguns for years, starting long before the days of PAL's and FAC's. Tremendous fun, got a huge amount of enjoyment out of it, but as the legislative nooses got tighter and tighter I found the enjoyment leaching out of it. The clubs I belonged to became more and more anal about not only the actual laws, but about their own rules and regs. I moved to a rural acreage where I was able to shoot my non-restricted guns, and the fact that I couldn't use my restricted firearms there was like a sharp stone in a workboot...a constant irritation. The temptation to shoot safely at home gnawed at me, and yet I had so much to lose if I were caught doing so that I would not yield to it.

Eventually, I came to look upon at this way: shooting is something I do because I enjoy it, plain and simple. I absolutely was not enjoying the vast amount of bulls%&t that had grown to accompany the ownership and use of handguns anymore, so I bit the bullet and sold them all off, letting my club memberships lapse. I still do a lot of non-restricted shooting, almost all of it at home, in fact I would hazard a guess that I shoot more often than 90% of CGN members...it's a very rare day that I don't step outside and spend at least a half hour shooting some kind of gun. I have maintained my RPAL, I belong to the NFA, I have rallied in person in Ottawa, I have attended and spoken at local public meetings where shooting was on the agenda for discussion, I have written my fair share of letters to both local and Federal politicians, and I never let pass an opportunity to speak up for the pro-gun side of any conversation or debate I hear...and having lived in Onterrible for most of my life, I can assure you that plenty of those chances arose where mine was the only voice of reason.

Lately, I have started owning and using an antique handgun legally at home, and the joy of shooting it is immense. I often think about how great it would be to have access to and belong to a club that would allow the use of restricteds, but I'm happy with the current set-up and I don't see myself driving an hour or more to a club to go shooting.

Are handguns worth it in Canada? For some people, I'm sure they are. For others, not so much. You'll never know until you try.
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^^^^^^^ I don't think this is a bad posting at all!! I was very frustrated having my own acreage and being unable to shoot restricted (to do so meant a 30 mile trip to an indoor range). Like the poster, I was out on my own personal range on an almost daily basis.
 
The only real PITA is that you can only use it at the range. It's all part of trying to discourage use & ownership. All part of social engineering & so on...
 
Not a pain at all.. Join a range. Ours here does all the paperwork when you apply. They are fun to shoot and addictive when it comes to adding more to your collection!
 
Once you have all the paper work and a membership with one club, it is really cool! If you really want to have fun shooting handgun, I recommend joining IDPA and IPSC. Shooting those games (or similar) is where you gonna really enjoy shooting a pistol and learn from other awesome shooters as well!
Do it! It's 100 % pure fun.
 
Used to compete alot but the old peepers went south 10 years ago.
After that the locked box to the range by the most direct route to poke holes in target paper got old quick.
Sold many of my handguns and exported the rest to the family homestead in New Hampshire USA.
I can carry them in the bush and hunt with them there.
 
I'm a member at 2 clubs. I've only been shooting restricted a couple years and I love it. For me its way more
challenging than rifle. I'm in Ontario and don't have any complaints, i've had transfers take 2 days and some
2 weeks but i'm ok with it...
Do it..
 
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