Would love to get my restricted, bullied into not.

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I was wondering (and I truly am sorry if there are multiple threads on the subject i searched last 36 months and could find anything definitive) what rights do i lose by getting my restricted license?

Can they search my house at any time without a warrant, does it make it easier for them to get a warrant?

Can additional charges be laid on me if I get charged with an unrelated offense?

Am I subject to potential arbitrary seizure of my firearms if my range membership expires, or if I leave the country (in Colombia currently for 2 months)

If so, can they just walk into my place, and then use anything else they see or find as potential evidence against me? (Not a criminal, I just do not like LE harassment which unfortunately I have had to deal with a lot)

Please anything else you know. I have been going back and forth between wanting to get it and not wanting to lose my civil rights.


I know it is letting them win, but there is not much I can do, as i do not accept that owning a firearm permits LE to do usually unlawful things. Please set me straight if I am way off base, but don't post that unless you are Sure

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The only answer I know from your questions is that they cannot confiscate a gun because it isn't used enough in a range. There are some places they do that, but not here.
 
CGN is a wonderful place. Thanks a lot you have comforted me considerably and more than likely encouraged me to sign up for my RPAL course. (should have gotten it when i got my PAL)

As i understand it then, aside from following the regulations (as with any license), no new powers are granted to LE when their subject is going from PAL to RPAL.

To answer any questions, no I have no criminal record, and have never been charged with anything, I mentioned police as I have dealt with consistent "conflicts" with LE in the past.

Thanks a lot and hopefully it doesn't take 9 months to get my RPAL

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yeah that is great info.. so if you have your RPAL and a restricted firearm then your RPAL expires, you must not be able to get an ATT. However, if you don't renew your RPAL for a couple years would you need to turn in the restricted firearm? Would this be on record that it is registered to you and your RPAL lhas expired and LE could give you notice to pick it up?

Don't mean to hijack your thread
 
nitrous said:
...if you don't renew your RPAL for a couple years would you need to turn in the restricted firearm?
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Welcome to Canada; it's 2011.

So long as you possess any firearm (as defined in the Firearms Act) you must maintain a firearms license continuously.

You cannot allow it to expire.
 
So even if I am gone for a year, and my license doesnt expire, I could retain my Restricted guns?

Could I also get a firearms license in a different country, and keep it here? (Colombia or Guatemala) as these are places my safety is in greater risk.

This is quickly turning into a legalese discussion, and if any mod wants to move it go for it.
 
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canadiansurvivor said:
So even if I am gone for a year, and my license doesnt expire, I could retain my Restricted guns?

Of course, why wouldn't you, nothing has changed other than you were out of the country, but you did come back, you did not change your citizenship or anything like that

Could I also get a firearms license in a different country, and keep it here? (Colombia or Guatemala) as these are places my safety is in greater risk.

You will need to get the info from that country, you need to know their laws and rules and requirements

This is quickly turning into a legalese discussion, and if any mod wants to move it go for it.
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canadiansurvivor said:
So even if I am gone for a year, and my license doesnt expire, I could retain my Restricted guns?
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Each time an inquiry into your licensing status is made to either the RCMP CFP or to your CFO - by anyone - your file may be reviewed by a Firearms Officer for compliance/non-compliance. Each time a gun club of which you are a member submits an amended club membership list to the CFO your file may be reviewed by a Firearms Officer for compliance/non-compliance. Each time you apply for an Authorization to Transfer, Authorization To Transport, Authorization To Carry, or for renewal of a Firearms License your file may be reviewed by a Firearms Officer for compliance/non-compliance. If your file is flagged, for any reason, your file will be reviewed by a Firearms Officer for compliance/non-compliance.

If you: maintain a valid Firearms License, and; maintain (at least one) approved shooting club membership(s), and; maintain a long-term ATT for the purpose of target shooting, and; ensure that your club(s) document(s) your target shooting activity, I predict no problem. (Fail on any one of these counts, and I predict a problem.) Even if you were to be challenged by your CFO to prove your target shooting activity, you will be able to do so. (Approved workmen are not ashamed.)

Could I also get a firearms license in a different country, and keep it here? (Colombia or Guatemala) as these are places my safety is in greater risk.
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You raise separate issues - licensing controls and exportation/importation controls - that are complicated and cannot be answered simply.

In Canada, one may be licensed regardless of one's country of residence. In Canada, a licensed individual may purchase a firearm in Canada and store it within Canada, but that individual would require the permission of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (in the form of an Export Permit) prior to any permanent exportation, and prior to any (temporary) exportation to anywhere other than the United States. Even a quick return trip into international waters (other than American waters) with firearms requires the prior permission of DFAIT.

See my signature line for links related to Canadian DFAIT firearms' export controls, and the process you must follow.

You will have to research the laws of both Columbia and Guatemala to learn of their respective firearms laws.
 
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