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Originally Posted by opendoor
In Finland at least, to get a license for a handgun for sport shooting you need to have documented proof of 2 years of sport shooting before they'll grant you a license for your own gun.
They used to grant them more easily, but there were a couple of school shootings where the perpetrators had gotten pistols by claiming they were going to use them for sport shooting, so they tightened up the laws.
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In Canada, for a license you need to complete and pass a course, provide 2 references, list any conjugal partners for the last few years and pass the background check. To have restricted firearms, you need to pass an additional course and are subject to daily police background checks as well as provide proof of range membership (there are 2 main categories for ownership, collector and target shooter, restricted firearms can only be used at RCMP approved ranges). I believe they are looking to extend the background checks to lifetime. Often the process of buying a restricted firearm takes weeks, sometimes months to process.