Canadians need to be aware of the recently submitted private member’s bill  S-223 that proposes changes to the Firearms Act that will have significant impact on all responsible firearms owners and  the gun clubs in which they hold membership.

The proposed changes will  amend the Firearms Act related to the transportation and storage of firearms that are not considered hunting firearms. The proposed changes will define firearms that may be kept in the home for hunting purposes and those that are classified as circumscribed and will need to be stored at a gun club or other approved facility and require an authorized transporter to move them.

Read for yourself. Here is the link to the proposed bill.

http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&DocId=8177232

Many of you have been following this issue closely. The national watch dogs are providing updates. Go to the WRPC Weblinks Tab  for those connections.  https://wrpc.ca/weblinks/

Please note date change!

It’s that time of year, again. Spring clean up day is Sunday May 8, 2016  starting at 9:00 am. There will be a cease-fire on the entire range during the clean up activity. The range should resume live fire status after 4:00 pm.

Any amount of time (even an hour or two) you can give to cleaning up YOUR gun range is appreciated. Dress for dirty work! Don’t forget to wear shoes suitable for working in the rough areas of the range. Bring your work gloves. Maybe some sunscreen, too! A rake or brush cutters, if you have them.

There are jobs for all skill levels from retrieving the paper and other debris that has been blow into bushes, picking up brass, removing rocks from the shooting lanes, cutting brush that has grown up to block your line of sight, replacing target boards, painting targets, fixing the outhouses and shooting benches, washing windows and just helping to get the place tidied up after the winter.

Hope to see you there!

Did you renew your membership for 2016?  Did you miss the AGM in January? Then you also missed the opportunity to hand in your 2015 gate key and collect your 2016 gate key and member card.

Locks on the gate were changed on January 31, 2016.

Wednesday February 24, 2016 at the clubhouse at 7 pm is  your opportunity to hand in your old key, or keys if you have them from previous years, and obtain your 2016 gate key.

Please do your part in keeping the operating costs of the club under control by returning your previous years key.

The start of a new year is a good time to refresh and update our club information resource, so check out the menu on the left side of the WRPC Homepage for the latest changes.

Recognizing that people want to obtain small bits of information quickly, the menu has been condensed  to hopefully provide that rapid response.

“When is the next firearms course?”

“I heard there is a petition about a gun issue”

“How do I  renew my PAL online?”

Stay tuned, as we continue to update the home page.

It’s that time again. The membership year of the Whitehorse Rifle & Pistol Club runs from January 1st to December 31st and to be considered as a member in good standing for 2016 your membership dues should be paid no later than January 31st. Many thanks to those who have already renewed their membership for 2016.

Membership fees remain unchanged at this time.

Individual $100,  Dual $110, Family $125

By mail to Box 30078 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5M2

In person (cash or cheque) at the range on Monday or Wednesday evening. Payments using credit or debit card can be made at Hougen’s SportsLodge.