r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Jun 22 '26

Recurring Canadaguns Politics and Debate Thread

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u/Uncle_Ted_1942 Jun 23 '26

Genuine question, whenever I’ve been to those Legion Hall gun shows, not a soul there does the whole online verification thing, (mainly because most of those guys are like 80) and often I have to remind them to even check my PAL.

So you have explained to me it’s illegal to not run the license through RCMP, are these gun shows basically just rampant with technical crime? Is it a crime that isn’t as strictly enforced or are these old dudes just constantly getting by on blind luck?

Oh and btw, I messaged this totally real guy back explaining my mistake, and he returned the rifle to me and I gave him his money back, but oh darn he cut the receiver up and welded the barrel shut. looks like it will never fire again. Just a hunk of wood and steel now

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u/Natural_Comparison21 Jun 23 '26

Those people who are 80 years old probably are just to stubborn to learn how to use a computer. That or they are of the mindset that “I’m old what’s going to happen to me?” However it’s more likely the former where they just don’t know any better. Old people are built different man. I had one older woman call a firearms license a FAC to my face and when I corrected her by calling it a PAL she stared at me for a second then called it a FAC again. Old people just be like that sometimes.

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u/Uncle_Ted_1942 Jun 23 '26

Oh yeah the FAC thing Jesus lol I remember an older guy who worked at Canadian Tire refused to sell me ammunition because I didn’t have a “FAC”. I had a PAL. After I spoke to someone else about it, they ALSO turned me down because I had the new white license and not the old purple one.

I just drove the hour to Canada Pro instead of trying to explain it for a 3rd time

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u/Natural_Comparison21 Jun 23 '26

Yea people are very unwilling to learn and change. It would be funny if it was not so sad.