Local Cdn tire now has security gate at either end of gun aisle.
Signage Which mentions PAL requirements etc.
Authorized sales pers are more than happy to let you look closer once your PAL has been validated, and after your purchase it will be authenticated.
Blame it on Blair !
I went to the Camrose Canadian Tire to look at guns, once.
The process was so slow and cumbersome just to find a staff member with keys, and to actually even to get to look at their guns that I gave up on them. I still shop at Canadian Tire stores, like everyone else, but I never bother with any of their gun sales departments.
Fortunately, I don't have to. There are plenty of other fine gun shops that I can buy from that don't make looking at a gun a major headache.
Some shops ask to look at your PAL before allowing you to handle a gun, but that's not unreasonable.
But, I haven't encountered even one besides P&D who demand that you stand and pose for a mug shot, just to enter the shop.
