Shooting Restricted Firearms outside ranges

Getting an ATT to crown land is a very tricky and usually very painful.

TV-PressPass is the only one I know of who has done it, and the ATT specified that he could only shoot blanks and not live ammo.

It is possible to get an ATC if you have a wilderness job, but from what I have seen most of those forbid target shooting and say it can only be used for protection from animals.
 
Canadian_Zuk said:
Yes you can, provided you have an approved range on your private property.
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I should have added that too. I believe he was only asking about the basic "at the farm" scenario though.

The title of the thread and question is "outside of ranges" so an approved private range doesn't apply.

And there is what Stevebot-7 said too... but I don't think that applies here either.
 
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No, nope, nada, nil, ziltch!
Forget about it!
Restricted at approved ranges only. Dumb, I know! Always thought it was stupid I can shoot a .22 rifle in the woods but not a .22 handgun. The round has a higher velocity through a rifle than a handgun so, theoretically more dangerous!
 
Still alive said:
No, nope, nada, nil, ziltch!
Forget about it!
Restricted at approved ranges only. Dumb, I know! Always thought it was stupid I can shoot a .22 rifle in the woods but not a .22 handgun. The round has a higher velocity through a rifle than a handgun so, theoretically more dangerous!
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Ahh..... life inside the firearms act.
 
Stevebot-7 said:
Getting an ATT to crown land is a very tricky and usually very painful.

TV-PressPass is the only one I know of who has done it, and the ATT specified that he could only shoot blanks and not live ammo.

It is possible to get an ATC if you have a wilderness job, but from what I have seen most of those forbid target shooting and say it can only be used for protection from animals.
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Sorry, but I have to ask this question: Why would anyone go through the trouble of getting an ATT so they can only shoot blanks?

Does TV-press pass train bird hunting dogs?

curious
 
Brutus said:
Sorry, but I have to ask this question: Why would anyone go through the trouble of getting an ATT so they can only shoot blanks?

Does TV-press pass train bird hunting dogs?

curious
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I think for effect on his videos. Weird though, never saw any blank attachments on his guns. Didn't think blanks can cycle an action without a blank attachment to achieve the pressure needed to cycle properly.
 
Brutus said:
Sorry, but I have to ask this question: Why would anyone go through the trouble of getting an ATT so they can only shoot blanks?

Does TV-press pass train bird hunting dogs?

curious
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It was for one of his videos. I think he brought out his Famae Mini SAF or something like that, and a bunch of people promptly had seizures over the fact that he was "shooting" a restricted firearm on crown land.
 
Canadian_Zuk said:
Yes you can, provided you have an approved range on your private property.
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Sure, confuse the issue ...
Such a basic question that anyone who has done some research into firearms ownership would have known the answer.
I am curious as to why the newbie asked the question when there is a boatload of information here on this web site and the RCMP web site pertaining to firearms ownership.
Nomax suit on and zipped up.
Rob
 
troll ?? but i do challenge somebody to find in the firearms act where it says illegal to discharge restricted on crown land. illegal to transport yes but discharge?

HANDLING OF FIREARMS

15. An individual may load a firearm or handle a loaded firearm only in a place where the firearm may be discharged in accordance with all applicable Acts of Parliament and of the legislature of a province, regulations made under such Acts, and municipal by-laws.
 
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I have browsed through years worth of CGN posts, I have yet to find a single one that points to or quotes a single piece of written firearms act or criminal code section that definitively states you cannot.

All I have seen are:
(1) Assumptions based on ATT transportation reg
(2) Or second/third hand statements, or just opinions
(3) Or what might law enforcement agencies choose to do to you

For the purpose of furthering the knowledge base of the firearms community,
I would really like to see a definitive legal answer on this topic,
WITHOUT referring to (1), (2) or (3)


airtruck63chev said:
troll ?? but i do challenge somebody to find in the firearms act where it says illegal to discharge restricted on crown land. illegal to transport yes but discharge?

HANDLING OF FIREARMS

15. An individual may load a firearm or handle a loaded firearm only in a place where the firearm may be discharged in accordance with all applicable Acts of Parliament and of the legislature of a province, regulations made under such Acts, and municipal by-laws.
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