r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Oct 02 '22

Weekly Newbies & FAQ Thread - Post your questions here for PAL/RPAL application, timelines, CFSC/CFSRC, references & requirements, or general new to firearms ownership -type questions

This thread will be used for the "new"-type questions, PAL/RPAL applications, references, CFSC/CFRSC requirements, storage/transport, or other general "new-to-me" firearms ownership questions.

In response to this thread, the community was quite positive for a thread to cover these subjects.

These threads will be stickied for a week, renewing every Sunday @ about 0600 AST. Previous threads here. Take a look, your question may have been answered!

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u/Maleficent-Unit6763 Oct 08 '22

congrats. I sent in mine one week after you and just got credit card charged Oct 4. Did they actually call your references?

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u/MLI691H Oct 08 '22

Nope they did not contact any references. I read that references are contacted when you make your first purchase.

Hope you get yours next week before the freeze!

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u/jaredmn Oct 08 '22

That can’t be true. I went years after I got my licence before I bought a gun. I didn’t even know one of my references anymore by then.

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u/Bots_R_Us Oct 08 '22

Additionally, people are calling and getting transfers approved on the spot, there is no way they are calling references in those cases. I’m not saying they never have, but it seems rare.