Do you need the actual firearm registration certificate when carrying your restricted guns or can you have a black and white photocopy of it? Also say your buying a restricted firearm, can you "lend" the firearm to the buyer until the transfer is complete?
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I leave the original paperwork locked up safe at home, and then just print off a copy for my wallet and every case and range bag, that way I'll never be without it.
Generally, yes you can lend a firearm while the transfer is being processed, though I've heard that some CFOs get ornery about the idea of it. Just keep the required ATTs in mind, and the specific wording of them. Some ATTs only apply to certain individual guns, which would mean that person would need a separate ATT to transport a borrowed gun.
Generally, yes you can lend a firearm while the transfer is being processed, though I've heard that some CFOs get ornery about the idea of it. Just keep the required ATTs in mind, and the specific wording of them. Some ATTs only apply to certain individual guns, which would mean that person would need a separate ATT to transport a borrowed gun.
I am assuming a copy is okay since it has the required info on it. I tend to lock up my originals to make sure I don't lose them! You can lend the firearm if you lend the certificate as well, but you can't lend the certificate, because only the owner is supposed to have that. You could have a problem then, if you are the registered owner, but you don't have the certificate!! I wouldn't lend a restricted, too much room for s***t to hit the fan~!!!
A little fact checking...
Dunki, I'm not trying to start a war or anything; just straightening out the facts.
The firearms act states that:
16. (1) A registration certificate for a firearm may be issued to only one person.
It says nothing about only the owner having possession of it. The act also goes on to say:
33. Subject to section 34, a person may lend a firearm only if
(a) the person
(i) has reasonable grounds to believe that the borrower holds a licence authorizing the borrower to possess that kind of firearm, and
(ii) in the case of a prohibited firearm or a restricted firearm, lends the registration certificate for it to the borrower; or
(b) the borrower uses the firearm under the direct and immediate supervision of the person in the same manner in which the person may lawfully use it.
1995, c. 39, s. 33;2012, c. 6, s. 14.
So as long as you cross all your t's and dot all your i's you should be fine. Keeping in mind, of course, that the person you lend to will either require a STATT or a LTATT that does not specify particular firearms or firearms registered to his/her address. It seems depending on where you are, LTATTs are worded differently.
Source: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/F-11.6/index.html
Dunki, I'm not trying to start a war or anything; just straightening out the facts.
The firearms act states that:
16. (1) A registration certificate for a firearm may be issued to only one person.
It says nothing about only the owner having possession of it. The act also goes on to say:
33. Subject to section 34, a person may lend a firearm only if
(a) the person
(i) has reasonable grounds to believe that the borrower holds a licence authorizing the borrower to possess that kind of firearm, and
(ii) in the case of a prohibited firearm or a restricted firearm, lends the registration certificate for it to the borrower; or
(b) the borrower uses the firearm under the direct and immediate supervision of the person in the same manner in which the person may lawfully use it.
1995, c. 39, s. 33;2012, c. 6, s. 14.
So as long as you cross all your t's and dot all your i's you should be fine. Keeping in mind, of course, that the person you lend to will either require a STATT or a LTATT that does not specify particular firearms or firearms registered to his/her address. It seems depending on where you are, LTATTs are worded differently.
Source: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/F-11.6/index.html
