Canadian (Restricted and Non-Restricted) Firearms Safety Course: Student Handbook (2014) (English)

Firearm owners have social responsibilities. By completing this course, you will be instructed on what these responsibilities are. You will learn how to do the following:

• handle firearms and ammunition safely;
• use firearms and ammunition safely;
• comply with firearms laws;
• store non-restricted firearms and ammunition safely;
• display non-restricted firearms and ammunition safely; and
• transport non-restricted firearms and ammunition safely.

The CFSC consists of two parts. One is classroom instruction. The other is learning the material in this Handbook. There will be both written and practical examinations. Successfully passing them will demonstrate the knowledge and skills you have gained in the course. Live firing exercises, however, are not offered as part of this course.

During the course, some topics are discussed and explored several times. This will help you learn and retain the content. Leaving anything out of the course will reduce the amount you learn. This applies to all assignments, exercises or examinations given by your instructor.

The course emphasizes safe storage, display, transportation, handling and use of non-restricted firearms, but safety depends on more than just safe physical actions.

Safe handling must include greater knowledge of the firearms themselves, ammunition, and the laws and regulations related to them.