Can a firearms officer refuse to license a handgun because the applicant has become ineligible for licencing?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Sehrndt, 2011 ONCJ 405 (CanLII):
16. There are a number of decisions across the country upholding firearms officer’s refusals to licence handguns where Applicants have become ineligible for licencing because of a failure to act within the statutory grace period that provided the opportunity for the grandparenting of firearms that would otherwise be prohibited. (See for example Canada v. Wilson 2010 BCSC 976; Canada v. Couchman 2008 O.J. 4940).
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