There will be a six-month grace period for the gun-owner to get their licence up to date. While the law received royal assent in 2015, certain provisions, including the grace period, did not take effect immediately. Gun owners' organizations had long argued that the rules criminalized otherwise law-abiding Canadians for mere oversights in paperwork. Permission to travel between home and range became an automatic part of the restricted firearms license. In particular, the party argued that removing the requirement for owners to get an authorization to transport amounted to giving gun owners permission to keep a handgun in their car.

Source: CBC News November 16, 2017 00:23 UTC