Anyone who wishes to acquire firearms
in Canada must first pass the Canadian Firearms
Safety Course tests in order to apply for their
Possession and Acquisition License. (PAL).
If one wishes to acquire restricted
firearms (handguns) they must ALSO pass the Canadian
RESTRICTED Firearms Safety Course tests and be
a member of a certified gun club prior to applying
for their PAL with Restricted privileges.
provides
instructional classroom seminars such as The
Firearms Acquisition Course (FAC), now referred
to as Possession Acquisition License (PAL).
This is a basic firearms safety
training course. It is designed to give the
student a working knowledge of safe firearms
handling and familiarity with the laws and
procedures regarding firearms ownership in
Canada. Following the firearms training even
complete novices should have no problem passing
the required examinations. The course is designed
so that those who have never handled guns
will gain a good understanding of the subject.
Students who have experience find the course
to be a great refresher, and excellent preparation
for the Canadian Firearms Safety Examination.
There are actually two separate
courses - one for non-restricted and the other
for restricted firearms. The two courses can
be run in one continuous session, eliminating
about 4 hours of overlap from the agenda.
Those not interested in "restricted" firearms
would be finished after the first 10 hours
of training; the others would continue for
six more hours. This is a classroom training
course, there is no actual shooting. There
is however, ample opportunity to handle various
kinds of rifles, shotguns and handguns.
For someone relatively experienced
with guns and not wanting to take the course, we
would be happy to provide the course manuals and
allow the CFSC exam(s) to be challenged. As some
of the methods taught in the courses are different
from many other firearms safety courses, studying
the manuals is an excellent idea even for experienced
shooters and hunters.
Certified Canadian Firearms
Safety Instructor
Tel: 274-9005
In addition to The Canadian
Firearms Safety Course, ITTA also offers advanced
firearms training and actual hands on field
experience. Click
here to learn more about Specialized
Courses.
Are
ordinary hunting and sporting rifles, shotguns
and airguns with an overall length of 660mm
or greater. Many airguns fall into this class
because they are capable of achieving a muzzle
velocity of 500 feet per second. If it is
a centre fire semi-automatic firearm, the
barrel length must be at least 470mm to be
non-restricted. These firearms must be stored,
transported and displayed according to Federal
regulations and you need a firearms license
to possess them. Provincial and municipal
rules may further regulate these firearms.
Include
many handguns and other firearms which do
not meet the above specifications. Some firearms
are classified as "restricted" by
Federal order-in-council. A transport permit
is required to transport a restricted firearm
from the locations where the firearm is registered.
Anyone with the appropriate firearms license.
and a valid purpose can acquire this type
of firearm.
Include all fully automatic
firearms, converted automatics and a variety
of other scary looking firearms which have
been classified as "prohibited" by
order-in-council. Most types of prohibited
firearms are "grandfathered" to
their current legal owners (i.e., owners are
allowed to keep them), but cannot be transferred
to non-grandfathered individuals. Firearms
converted from full automatic to semi-automatic,
and many handguns (barrel lengths less than
or equal to 105mm, .25 or.32 caliber) fall
into the prohibited class. If you do not already
own prohibited guns; there is no legal means
to acquire firearms of this type.
