If your in an area legal to discharge just shoot targets with your pistol off you porch (safely) and if the police come around just make sure you have a non restricted rifle of same round and clean your handgun. That works does it not if you really want to cover your ass?
shooting pistol on own property
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I was just about to post this same thing. If the range is actually an addition to your home then you wouldn't NEED an ATT as the range is actually IN your dwelling....
Actually the mistake being made here is common, your mailing address corresponds to but is NOT your legal address. Check your mortgage or title, you'll see your LEGAL address listed something like Lot 7, Parcel 21, section 13 of the County of Westminster. This is your legal address. If they meant street address people in places like Dawson City would be SOL, there are no street names, never mind numbers. As far as 2 million Liability goes, if you don't already have it it's about an extra $20 on the million you already have. Info on range requirements is here:http://www.cfc-cafc.gc.ca/info_for-renseignement/clubs-ranges/const_guide/RangeDesign/RDCG/RDCG.htm
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I was just about to post this same thing. If the range is actually an addition to your home then you wouldn't NEED an ATT as the range is actually IN your dwelling....
Last time I was in phoenix in edmonton, talking with the fellah there, he was saying that when people want to test out a pistol before buying, they have to get a STATT even though the range is in the same building, at the same address, because the store is a gunsmith classification and the range is a gun club classification, legally you can't walk from one room to the other without an ATT.
But that is a legal gun range and a legal gunsmith (technically two different places). In this case though the "range" is private, almost the same as you just shooting in your basement (hell turn your basement into a private range).
Thats why you need it in writing if the CFO will acknowledge your range officially or not as legal. It has been covered to death in this very thread, that the legality of what constitutes a "range" on private property, and is it subject to different standards than what the criminal code and firearms acts specifically states. As I understand it, unless confirmed otherwise by the CFO of your province, if you are shooting restricteds, they must approve the "range" under their rules. you cant legally just set up pop cans in your back-yard.
Now I know why there are so many criminals...
It is much easier and less complicated to be a criminal then a law abiding citizen who is treated like a common criminal. Criminals have far more rights and freedoms...
It is much easier and less complicated to be a criminal then a law abiding citizen who is treated like a common criminal. Criminals have far more rights and freedoms...
