r/canadaguns • u/PhantomNomad al • Jun 09 '26

Misc Found the RCMP firearms licensing place

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Found where our licenses are processed. Right next door to the dollararma.

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u/BigCanmoreChiller Jun 09 '26

The lady I spoke to on the phone about a slight issue with my application was very kind and helpful. Bless her.

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u/hafetysazard Jun 09 '26

They’re always nice, in my experience. Nicest and most helpful public servants that I’ve dealt with. Not saying others aren’t but the CFP is batting 1000

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u/mwmwmwmwmmdw Jun 10 '26

They’re always nice, in my experience. Nicest and most helpful public servants that I’ve dealt with. Not saying others aren’t but the CFP is batting 1000

especially during the handgun madness in 2022. you had to call special clandestine numbers to even get through to someone and people not even involved in handgun transfers started doing them

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u/grathontolarsdatarod Jun 09 '26

The Post is pretty good, too.

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u/GodsGiftToWrenching Jun 10 '26

My experience is 50/50

One time I'll call and the person kn the phone would be kind courteous and very helpful, for example I was calling kn why my PAL is taking so long and the woman pretty much said "it appears to be in progress of approval, it should be mailed in about 2 weeks, if you don't have it by the end of the month give us a call back and we will see where it's at and if theres anything holding it up!"

Well the next time I called I got a different person who was the polar opposite, just crass, agitated and like she was angry the whole time. When I asked her what the status of my PAL was I was told "we don't know, we have no way of checking that. It will be mailed to you when the process is done I can't give you a time frame"

And they seem to alternate, I'll get the nice one kne time then the aggressive one the next. I'm so glad I haven't had to call them in over 7 years

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u/justagigilo123 Jun 10 '26

I have to agree, dealing with government departments can often be frustrating, not like that here.