just recently got my restricted licence and was planning on buying a handgun in the next few months i know you need to join a a range first but can you aplly for your LTATT before you have a restricted weapon and im from B.C. if that makes a difference. sry if this questions been asked a hundred times
I posted this in a different thread, but here it is again... If I remember correctly, in B.C. you actually have to have the LTATT (and be a member in good standing of an approved gun club)
before you can buy/transfer a restricted firearm.
You can join the
Silvercore Shooters Club for $30/year ($15/year if you took any course there). That can get you buying guns, but to actually shoot them you still have to join a range, or pay drop in fees.
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I'm newly licenced in B.C. and just recently ordered a S.A.M. 1911 Commander (my first restricted ). Guy at the CFO office called me and asked me to fax in my gun club membership letter (Silvercore) so he could approve the transfer. Then he surprised me and said he was going to issue me a LTATT good for all ranges, gunsmiths and to border crossings, and good for all restricted firearms registered to me. Didn't have to apply even - it's "automatic" here, I guess.
I had actually mailed my application for it only the day before, so they hadn't received that yet. I mentioned this to him, but he didn't care. What he issued me is what I was applying for anyway, so I didn't care either.
Got it in the mail today and it has no Reg Cert numbers listed - in that box it says "See Conditions".
The Conditions are listed as follows:
- The holder must be in possession of the Registration Certificate(s) for the firearm(s) being transported.
- Firearms may only be loaded and/or carried on your person while you are actively engaged in target practice or a target shooting competition.
- This authorization allows the holder to transport firearms from the place of registration to a Gunsmith licenced as a business under the Firearms Act for the purpose of maintenance, repair, modification or deactivation and return to the place of registration.
- This authorization allows the holder to transport firearms to and from border crossings on condition that the holder is in possession of the necessary US documentation.
So I was happy that they make it pretty simple and painless to get it done.
