registration cards

25 October 2003, 04:10

Ruger Red

registration cards

I was at my gunsmihs yesterday and he told me that he was talking to a couple of his friend s that are on the local police force . They told him that they are suppose to start issueing $200.00 fines for people that dont carry their registration cards with them when they are asked to produce it . Is this just somethng new, or is it because we have new provincial government in power???

25 October 2003, 04:16

stubblejumper

The law requires that the cards always be with the gun.

25 October 2003, 07:38

Frans Diepstraten

Didn't the AB prov govt say that they were not going to enforce the registration circus?

Frans

25 October 2003, 07:56

dan belisle

They've also ruled that copies are OK, but the police officer can still demand the originals. Franz, that is what they are saying now, but it's really up to the individual officer, as it is the law. And a damn bad one, but that's another tale. - Dan

25 October 2003, 16:17

Cariboo

quote:
Originally posted by Frans Diepstraten:
Didn't the AB prov govt say that they were not going to enforce the registration circus?

Frans

Yes they did, as did most of the other provinces, but remember the RCMP is a federal police force (actually it is a Federal Military force) that takes it's orders from the federal government. They are under orders to enforce the firearms legislation and the cases will be prosecuted by the federal crown where the province opts out.

Just think. Close to 2 BILLION DOLLARS spent on this worthless legislation that has not been proven to have prevented even one death. Imagine what $2,000,000,000.00 could do if used as funding for additional police officers who may actually be able to help prevent a bit of crime.

It will take a lot of $200.00 dollar fines to put the program back into the black though? LoL [Wink]

25 October 2003, 20:49

BBBruce

quote:
Originally posted by stubblejumper:
The law requires that the cards always be with the gun.

Unscrew your butt plate, coat it in grease so it doesn't get wet and disintegrate, slide it in the stock so it will always be with the gun and let the cop take it out after you unscrew the plate for him.

26 October 2003, 02:29

dan belisle

Good one Bruce. - Dan

28 October 2003, 14:20

CampX

Whatever....I went through a game-check roadblock and all the CO wanted to see was my FAC card. Told him what guns I had with me, he didn't even want to see them. Now, I'm not sure about the RCMP, but talking to a couple that I know, they think the law is a bulls**t one too....

28 October 2003, 16:54

Cal Sibley

Registration cards? What registration cards? I registered three rifles and sure enough received the registration cards for them. Then as the deadline neared I registered 17 more by Internet. I received on online confirmation, but that's been over a year ago, and I'm still waiting for the registration cards. I'm told they haven't been discontinued. So, where are they? You can't reach these people by telephone. How did we get stuck with these clowns?
I find it discouraging. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

28 October 2003, 18:01

Frans Diepstraten

I registered my guns in April, a month or two after arrival in Canada..got my registration cards in the mail about four weeks later. Getting CFC on the phone is impossible...asking by e-mail is OK if you have the patience to wait 2-3 months for an answer (from my own experience)...maybe you are part of that batch of addresses they apparently lost??

Frans
www.terrahunt.com

23 January 2007, 05:48

Scott Powell

"At least once every human being should have to run for his life - to teach him that milk does not come from the supermarket, that safety does not come from policemen, and that news is not something that happens to other people." - Robert Heinlein

23 January 2007, 19:59

calgarychef1

Wow, I never-ever recieved a registration card for any of my guns. Didn't even know they existed.

Now what?

the chef

25 January 2007, 00:15

WannabeBwana

There's no such thing as a registration "card" any more. There are now ordinary printer papers with a printed registration on them, that can be copied, laminated, or used to wipe your ass. I keep copies in my vehicle, and in my gun safe, but I'm damned if I'll start sorting through 20 odd registration certificates to put one in my pocket when I get out of my truck to go hunting.

And I'll defy any cop out there to prove whether or not the one I have in my truck is an original or a copy, without some expensive forensic testing. That's just a bullshit statement. Printed on a lazer printer or copied on a lazer copier, how is the average cop going to know which is the "original"?