Conservatives to tweak firearms regulations

[fuji]

Several minor tweaks coming:

1. Elimination of the ATT system for target shooters. Authorization to transport to a shooting range or gunsmith will now be an automatic feature of a firearms license

2. Grace period to renew an expired license

3. Extend and expand the amnesty for owners of swiss arms and cz858 rifles

4. Make the safety course mandatory (previously you could self study then challenge the test)

5. Make it easier to take firearms away from people with domestic assault convictions

6. The old grandfathered possession only licenses become full possession and acquisition licenses

These all seem sensible to me. Eliminating the ATT system for ordinary use removes a lot of truly unnecessary paperwork. The expired license grace period is sensible becauseRCMP already runs a CPIC search on every firearms owner every day, so reapplying for a license isn't actually resulting in rejections anyway, they are revoked first same day something new comes up in CPIC.

There is also something mentioned about restricting CFO's from making up arbitrary rules but no details on what that means if anything. It may be a reference to Quebec adding all sorts of special conditions to every license but it isn't spelled out in the announcement.

 

[CapitalGuy]

They do sound like common sense. Of course the only true common sense is to loosen the remaining regulations on firearm ownership and use while strengthening the regs on firearms storage (to reduce theft as much as possible). The typical Canadian firearm owner poses zero (ok maybe zero point two) threat to anyone other than through accidental/negligent use of his firearms, and the ones who use HANDGUNS for illegal purposes ignore the laws anyhow.

 

[TeasePlease]

IMO, a good step forward. It's interesting to see how the CPC is attempting to appease their base as we head into an election year.

But, my understanding is that the ATT is not being eliminated. It's simply that the ATT is becoming part of your RPAL.

Given the way the Ontario CFO has been screwing around, the ATT reform is a HUGE step forward. No more arbitrary revisions to issued ATTs (like taking away gunsmiths just cuz) or attaching new conditions.