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Shorten PAL Approval Times
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sly mantis
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Just called in to check on getting my test results from the ontario cfo and to give them a fax number to send me my test results because of the strike. The lady told me that they had already finished and mailed all of May tests (i did mine 1st week of May). So now my test results are stuck in limbo because of teh canada post strike 
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- 42 Band of Eight Central
Just called in to check on getting my test results from the ontario cfo and to give them a fax number to send me my test results because of the strike. The lady told me that they had already finished and mailed all of May tests (i did mine 1st week of May). So now my test results are stuck in limbo because of teh canada post strike
They keep a copy on file of the results... ask that they fax it to the CFC
call em up
called cfo today and they gave me my licence #..IN ONTARIO
anyways I wish to go purchase my hunting rifle this weekend do you think a regular store like say lebaron would need the actual card to sell me a rifle..or is the number good enough?
They will need to see the card to do a purchase. Photo along with number and all that.
Just called in to check on getting my test results from the ontario cfo and to give them a fax number to send me my test results because of the strike. The lady told me that they had already finished and mailed all of May tests (i did mine 1st week of May). So now my test results are stuck in limbo because of teh canada post strike
I just phoned and the very nice lady told me that she thinks they are only half way into May. And my application is still not online. This is one sad dude.
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- 42 Band of Eight Central
Complain to your MP / ombudsman etc... since there should be no valid reason for such delays.
I contacted all of these. Man, I hope this doesn't piss anyone off. (I was very polite and non-judgemental in my queries).
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Indeed.... and even the 28 days is pointless stupidity.
However that said.. there is no reason why it should ever not have been done and issued and put in the mail on the 28th day.
I just applied for my PAL in Ontario and I hate how everything takes so long. I want to get started now! Application received on June 1st, I called in today and the CFO agent told me it will still not in the system yet and could take up to three weeks. I was also told the CFO may have sent in the results on my behalf and told me to call in when it's online to confirm (anyone hear about that?)
I was just wondering, aren't there studies which show the effectiveness of having a mandatory waiting period in preventing suicides, murders etc? It seems most countries have some sort of a waiting period for new gun applicants before getting their license even with a clear criminal background.
I was just wondering, aren't there studies which show the effectiveness of having a mandatory waiting period in preventing suicides, murders etc? It seems most countries have some sort of a waiting period for new gun applicants before getting their license even with a clear criminal background.
I submitted both my PAL and RPAL application in on May 16th--my dad submitted his on the same date. His is being processed and has been in their system for three weeks. Mine has yet to see the light of day. I've called the RCMP about it and they say it must be stuck in the mail, yet I can't help but be frustrated since the strike has only been going for two weeks. That's a full week of unexplained delay.
So it's four weeks down, at least six more to go (once they start processing it).
So it's four weeks down, at least six more to go (once they start processing it).
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Don't worry... they won't.. since they want you to wait as much as possible,..
There have been.. (rangebob I'm sure has all of those including the refuting of such claims). However think of it this way... where suicides are concerned and the anti's love to tout such... simple fact is suicide rates have remained very constant since long before c-68 etc/... sure the # via firearms varies.. but there are just as many people that are just as dead. So therefore if it is about "if just one life is saved" then again "gun control" is beyond pointless.
Not only do those intent on killing themselves do so via other methods... those same "preventative" measures in turn end up costing lives due to a variety of factors..
How about the woman whom is threatened by her crazy ex-bf... whom she only dated.... but since he has not 'done anything' he is not arrested... she is denied the ability to buy that gun and carry it to protect herself....
How about the dozens of women on a college/university campus or even just "in town" that are left as potential victims.. since they cannot be armed... against say Paul Bernardo... Imagine of any of his victims were armed... his "career" could very well have been infinitely shorter.. and if he had been killed via such... well we as a society would not still be paying for that POS's upkeep etc..
As for murders... even w/o a waiting period... those intent on doing such still do.. one case such as the man on the Hamilton mountain.. whom the police "removed his firearms' for others safety.... so he used a machete and chopped his wife apart on the front lawn..
Fact is in most cases of killing it is a weapon of opportunity at the time... it is not "oh I think I'll go buy a gun and shoot X"... and the most common weapon used is a kitchen knife.
Now for each one the anti's would claim to "save" due to such feel good rules... there are more lives lost becuase of the same.
Therefore if it is all about "if is saves just one life" then there should be no gun control at all other than a prohibition for criminals... and since we already know the criminals ignore the laws... any such attempts to legislate against their having them that also impacts the non-criminals is beyond useless.
When simple logic is applied there is zero grounds at all in any way shape or form for "gun control" to be implemented... which brings it back to the real nature of such... it is not about "guns"... it is about control... and that is what matters.
Since you are a newbie... etc etc I will leave it with these quotes... speaking far better than I ever could:
And perhaps the most important of them all since it is far more common than any common criminal.. or crazed lunatic:
And of course words Wendy would love to have never spoken:
MASTEROFNONE If you have just written the test on june 1st expect at least 6-8 weeks to get your papers from cfo, postal strike or not. That is how long it takes the ontario cfo to even look at them and put on the golden stamps and send back to you. I have heard they can fax on your behalf to NB RCMP but like i said that will be in 6-8 weeks. I wouldn't expect that he would fax it unless you made the request. Send in your app early to the Rcmp if you can with the note that papers will follow and get the app 28 days rolling. If you get your app in early (courier or some other means)the soonest you will get in ontario is 2 months from when you wrote the test. If not could be 3-4 months if you wait on papers. get cracking.
You sent your application to the CFC not the CFO. If you sent it registered mail and know that it has arrived there is no point in calling CFC back since your wait for the Ont. CFO to stamp your tests will be 6-8 weeks.
If you don't know that it has been delivered, call again.
As far as the Ont. CFO helping you out, not bloody likely.
Still waiting on "the golden stamp" from CFO. It's been 5 weeks. The postal strike isn't helping either. Anyway, my question is, if I have a POL licence now, will I still do the 28 day waiting period once I send all the paperwork to Miramichi? I'm applying for a PAL licence only.
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I don't know... But I do know that it is extremely dangerous to have people taking their firearm safety course, and then wait for months until they have forgotten the material before they can actually practice on a firearm. So I highly doubt safety has anything the waiting period.
I believe this to be true also.
My thoughts exactly. You take a course and then you're forced to wait months till you can even handle a firearm again, in the mean time forgetting most of what they taught you..... yup, safety first!
The whole way they run this licensing process is friggin stupid. I don't understand why they don't have you go through the whole application process first, get all the paper work, interviews and other stuff out of the way THEN once you've been approved have you take the safety course and once passed issue you a licence within a week or two. I also don't think it's right that they force you to spend a couple hundred dollars on a course before you even know if they'll issue you a licence. Personally, I'd rather pay the eighty dollar processing fee first then take a course knowing once passed I'll be guaranteed a licence.
Pal/rpal
Well in less than 2months, after sending in the application for my PAL/RPAL, it has been issued.
Definitely worth getting the references to call in.
Stupid postal strike will delay me receiving my card, but at least it's been issued!
Well in less than 2months, after sending in the application for my PAL/RPAL, it has been issued.
Definitely worth getting the references to call in.
Stupid postal strike will delay me receiving my card, but at least it's been issued!
