Cdn-Firearms Digest Monday, May 26 2008 Volume 11 : Number 463 In this issue: Re: Puzzling note from the CFO Ontario Re: Discharge of firearms ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 05:22:07 +0900 From: Ian Jefferson Subject: Re: Puzzling note from the CFO Ontario On 27-May-08, at 1:01 AM, TONY KATZ wrote: > wouldn't be in the firearms act as it would be under provincial > regulation. > > restricted firearms and prohibited hand guns can only be discharged at > provincially approved ranges or DND ranges. > Any links to this? I couldn't find anything about the discharge of firearms. The range regulations all seem to be written for clubs. I'm talking about essentially shooting in my backyard (large back yard) in the same place the deer hunters use. I could not find anything for unrestricted firearms either. Can't you shoot a .22 in the woods anymore? > this is why you can't use restricted rifles for hunting even though > many > are suitable. > > Tony ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 20:24:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Ian Jefferson Subject: Re: Discharge of firearms On Mon, 26 May 2008, Lee Jasper wrote: > Ian queried: > > > Finally, I wish to point out to you that there is no legislative > > authority for you to discharge a restricted or prohibited handgun > > /firearm on anyone's property (including your own) without the approval > > of the Chief Firearms Office. Failing to do this and engage in the > > discharged of these classes of firearms is a criminal offence. > > > > I was aware I needed to check in with the Municipality. Does anyone > > have an online reference to this? > > ATT expressly states that any discharge must be at a shooting facility > 'approved' by the prov. AG. The Back 40 doesn't cut it. (Now if you've > got a paper sludge berm for a backstop . . .). > That's a little different than a bill/act that makes is a criminal offense to discharge a firearm. Not everyone will have an ATT... If there were such a restriction then it ought to be documented in the Firearms act or similar document..... no? IJ ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V11 #463 *********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@scorpion.bogend.ca Moderator's e-mail address: mailto:drg.jordan@sasktel.net List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@scorpion.bogend.ca FAQ list: http://www.canfirearms/Skeeter/Faq/cfd-faq1.html Web Site: http://www.canfirearms.ca CFDigest Archives: http://www.canfirearms.ca/archives To unsubscribe from _all_ the lists, put the next four lines in a message and mailto:majordomo@scorpion.bogend.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".)