The applicant sought a reference hearing under section 74 of the Firearms Act to review the Chief Firearms Officer's refusal to issue a firearms license.
The applicant lived on a farm and sought a license to protect livestock from coyotes.
At the time of application, the applicant was in a common law relationship with a member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, a designated criminal organization.
The firearms officer refused the application citing public safety concerns under section 5(1) of the Act.
The court upheld the refusal, finding that the officer was entitled to consider the applicant's association with a member of a criminal organization when assessing public safety, and that the applicant's continued association with the member after the refusal demonstrated a lack of judgment regarding the gravity of the public safety concerns.
