r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • May 25 '26

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u/boozefiend3000 Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

If the cops aren’t coming door to door to collect banned rifles due to staffing issues can they really go door to door for PAL revocations? Isn’t that the exact same problem?

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u/Reasonable_Hall2346 Jun 04 '26

They don't need to go door to door for PAL revocations. When its time to renew you will just never get that RPAL back.

NAL, but this is my plan: If the amnesty is not extended I am self destroying my banned firearms (restricted) and calling it in with the CFO by providing the serial number of the destroyed firearms. As far as I know no proof of destruction is necessary, and since it will actually be destroyed, it should be good.

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u/YourSnipingOperator Jun 04 '26

This is a scenario ive talked with coworkers about. Lots of reports in october of destroying firearms. As far as I know, you are correct that there is technically no legal requirement of proof for destruction. It is an offense to lie about destruction, but it has to be proven in the first place. As long as you dont hit your girlfriend/wife/dog there shouldn't be a cop in your house looking for guns anyways.

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u/boozefiend3000 Jun 04 '26

If they don’t renew your RPAL they have to come get your registered stuff 

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u/GinnAdvent Jun 04 '26

It's probably a different story if you have the RPAL revoked and also have more than 20 pistols under your name, lol.

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u/TKB-059 bc Jun 04 '26

When its time to renew you will just never get that RPAL back

They won't turnkey make thousands upon thousands of people serious criminals (weapons charge is an indictable offence) the moment they get pulled over for a speeding ticket and their shit gets scanned hot.

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u/YourSnipingOperator Jun 04 '26

Well here's the thing with a PAL revocation, its done electronically. Then youll get a letter to turn in your prohibs that are registered. Maybe they reinstate your PAL after that. Or maybe not and they say "we gave you a deadline, too bad" and your remaining restricteds like handguns are gone too.

You only need cops to come door to door when you ignore that revocation. Then, congratulations, you now have something in your possession that justifies writing and a judge approving said search warrant. Its a lot easier to target non compliance when you have a name, address, and a make/model/serial number to write in an ITO.

Otherwise, if you have only non restricteds that are now prohibited, no one's coming to your door because theres no information to support doing that in the first place

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u/boozefiend3000 Jun 04 '26

But if everyone ignores the letters do the cops really have the manpower to waste busting in all our doors 

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u/YourSnipingOperator Jun 04 '26

No, but id imagine ottawa would be rolling shit downhill and making things happen to a few people as an example. Again, look at who is in power right now.

I personally spend time on firearms investigations involving genuine criminals, and it gets very convoluted very quickly when it comes to investigating something like trafficking involving a PAL holder. However, in theory, it would be very, very easy to template an information to obtain for dozens of search warrants when you can tell a judge you need to go to x house where x person lives with x registered firearm which is prohibited and the amnesty has expired. Resourcing wise it would be a pain but the resources do exist, search warrants for other things are done every day after all.