r/canadaguns https://youtu.be/mrAwb9ptu9U Aug 04 '26

Shitpost / Memes Canadian Tire BB and airgun policy

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u/CommercialOk7295 Aug 04 '26

My local CT doesn't even record anything for real ammo. Visual pal check and that's it. For guns they go through the verification,  but they follow the letter of the law and nothing more. 

Keep in mind it is my understanding that canadian tire gun sales are separate from CT corporate,  it's up to each individual store owner if and how they participate.  

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u/wpgffs Aug 04 '26

A few years ago one just outside Winnipeg wanted a second piece of government issued photo ID. He kept saying they needed valid ID and I kept explaining that my RPAL was valid ID. Finally he said we need a second piece due to too many fake PAL’s coming thru the store. That was a new one for me.

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u/mischling2543 Aug 05 '26

Wait if a PAL is valid government ID, could I theoretically board a domestic flight with it?

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u/Maleficent_Leader_67 Aug 05 '26

I’ve done it. Drivers license was expired. Let me on no problem.

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u/Johnny-Unitas Aug 04 '26

I had that happen a year at a local lgs. I had bought there before and all I needed was my PAL. They now want an additional piece of id.

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u/EngorgedGorilla Aug 04 '26

I'm glad they stopped with the ammo log book that was occasionally left out in the open for anyone to peruse.

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u/FRANK_R-I-Z-Z-O Aug 04 '26

They still do it (at least in the CTC I was in, in London, Onterrible).

Having never purchased ammo there before, I was unaware that this was the way they recorded it.

When the person working there wanted my RPAL to hand write the info in a binder, that had been sitting on the shelf above the ammo display, completely unsecured and unattended, I opted to take my purchases elsewhere, that practiced better control over access to that info. Would it ever become a problem? Unlikely, but should that binder ever go missing, at least my info isn't in it.

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u/Eglitarian Aug 05 '26

Gobles is the place to go in London anyway, support your local gun store.

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u/FRANK_R-I-Z-Z-O Aug 05 '26

I usually buy from Santarosaa's in Rodney.

The handful of times I have gone into Gobles I have felt like I've been interrupting something or I'm an inconvenience to whoever was working. Your mileage may vary, but that's just my experience.

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u/Longjumping_Rain_483 Aug 04 '26

ah that makes sense. Both of the ones i've gone to required them to write down my PAL info etc

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u/waitwhatnothing Aug 04 '26

In Ontario it’s a thing that retailers have to log ammo purchases. Something the CFO requires. 

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u/CommercialOk7295 Aug 04 '26

I guess CFOs can request this if they want to.  I'm in Alberta.