Welcome to the LRGC Website! 

This home page will have the most current notices and information
for new and existing members! New members welcome!
(Click on Membership Tab above to sign-up online!)

LRGC Website Calendar is ACTIVE!
Click on the "Calendar" tab above to view.

Please check the calendar and the notices below before you come
to be aware of recent schedule changes or closures.

We are trying hard to keep you informed - please do your part! 

The club office and outdoor ranges are now open 
Summer hours through Sept 30 2021. 

See calendar or schedule at bottom of this home page. 
(Last squad out 20 minutes prior to closing)

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Attention:  Reminder: All Club Shotgun Ranges Closed
 on July 21 & 28. 

Also - due to the PITA Summer shoot on July 23-25,  the trap ranges will be closed to drop-in shooting on July 23 -25,    Skeet #1 will be closed whenever Trap #4 is running, and the indoor range will be closed on Saturday July 24 due to PITA use of the hall. 

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ATTENTION NEW MEMBERS

PLEASE READ THE RULE NOTICES POSTED BELOW! 
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO READ AND FOLLOW THESE RULES.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER READING THESE RULES:
EMAIL planning@lrgc.com OR CALL the office at (604) 534-3525
AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ASSIST YOU.  

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Attention all Indoor Shooters and Range Officers

Due to recent BC Health restriction changes,
the indoor range rules and procedures have changed! 

New Rules as of July 6: 

Masks are no longer mandatory - however recommended if you are not immunized or if working with juniors.  Please respect the decisions by others to wear or not wear a mask. Please disinfect your hands upon entering the range.  Our disinfecting system will continue to be used, however personal disinfecting should continue. 

Members only - maximum 10 spots on the line.  Reservations are no longer required.  First come-first served.  Payment online or by shoot card in the range only. Junior members can accompany an adult member and must be supervised.   

No non-member/public drop-in, no new shooters in these sessions. (New shooters must attend an orientation prior to attending regular sessions - see special sessions for you.) Shooters must have filled out and submitted a Shooter's Agreement previously.

All members that have recently completed their orientation and are now first time shooters in the range must identify themselves to the Range Officer on duty. 

New Procedures - please read!

The indoor range sessions have changed back to extended sessions (e.g. 2 hours) and reservations are no longer required. Members may arrive/attend at any point in time within the session and leave as desired up to the session end time.  Spots are available on a first-come-first-served basis. 

Current typical new session times: (These can change - see calendar)

9 - 11 am Monday, 7 - 9 pm Monday,
10 - 12 pm Wednesday and Saturday

No sessions Saturday July 24 due to PITA shoot use of the hall. 

Please see LRGC calendar for available sessions.  It is your responsibility to check the calendar to ensure a session is available before attending. 

Payment Methods:  (Note: no currency will be handled on-site)

1) Payment online through PayPal: Use the online payment system and bring "paid invoice" to session by paper or digital copy.  As reservations will not longer be required or spots held for you - this is for convenience of credit payments only for those not wanting to use shoot cards. 

2) Payment by LRGC shoot card at session: You do not need to reserve online.  Have the RO punch your shoot card in the range.  Note: Pre-purchase member shoot cards only at LRGC office when it is open. Please pre-purchase targets there as well or bring your own. 

22 cal or air rifle shooting is permitted from benches. Air pistol also allowed - use target stands for 10 m shooting.  Don't forget your ear and eye protection! 

Contact planning@lrgc.com with any questions. 

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Attention all LRGC Members: 

BC Health is moving to Stage 3
of their Plan as of July 1, 2021. 

This is good news! 

This means the following: 

1) Masks are now optional at the club - both indoor and outdoor. 
They are recommended for persons not yet immunized.  Please show respect for anyone's decision to wear or not wear a mask. 

2) Barriers are still to remain in place for employee protection. 
Hand sanitizing is still recommended. 

3) Social distancing restrictions are being lifted. This will allow more social interaction at the club - more seats outdoors and more shooting positions available for the indoor range. 

4) The club is still maintaining a "members only" status on the indoor range until sufficient ROs return to the club and are available to give the required mandatory "New Shooter" orientations at each regular session, as required by the club rules for non-member "drop-in" shooters. 

5) Additional info regarding the indoor range will be forthcoming in subsequent emails. Please visit the club website for posted shooting sessions and special functions (Fast Draw, Speed Plate, IDPA, WIPL, etc.). 

Note that indoor archery will not return until the fall.  The junior rifle program will also not return immediately due to the the lack of ROs yet returning that previously ran these sessions.  We look forward to their return to the club. Their help is currently needed going forward. 

Thanks for your cooperation! 
Your LRGC Board

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Attention ALL Members: (as per email sent May 31, 2021)

All Club Shotgun Ranges Closed
on July 16, 21 & 28.  

The club was recently approached by a film production company that has scheduled filming of a children's show in a nearby neighbourhood this summer.  To avoid hearing shotgun noise in the background, the company requested the club consider a shut-down of its outdoor shotgun ranges for three weekdays the club is typically open, and offered financial compensation to the club for both loss of revenue and member inconvenience.  The Board has accepted the offer, both to maintain our "good neighbour policy" and since the offer was considered fair for the short shut-down period involved. The Board accepts these rather infrequent and beneficial offers to pay our club expenses and try to keep our membership fees in-check, especially now in light of 2020 being a very low-revenue year.    

Note that the planned PITA Summer Shoot on July 23 - 25 will not be affected
by this shut-down. 
We thank you for your cooperation and patience.  

Your LRGC Board

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The BC Health Restrictions were lifted as of May 25
to allow outdoor events up to 50 people!

Therefore, the PITA Shoots (Multi-Plex and 3-Day Summer shoots), NSSA, plus the club Trophy Shoots are now 
back on the calendar!

The next PITA Multiplex shoot is: 
Wednesday, Aug 4     3:30 pm

Here is the downloadable program for the
SUMMER PITA Shoot in 2021 

PITA Summer Shoot: July 23 - 25, 2021   Summer Program

(Note: The indoor range will be closed Saturday July 24)

The LRGC Trophy Shoots are as follows:

Skeet Trophy Shoot, Saturday July 17  -
Thanks to all that Attended!  It was a great time!

Trap Trophy Shoot, Saturday July 31  - 11 am start

NSSA Shoots are as follows: 

NSSA Zone 8 Skeet Shoot, Fri - Sun August 13 - 15

Note: The new BC Health Plan is CONDITIONAL on vaccine immunization levels and infection rates and may change, so please confirm all events are still running before attending! 

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NOTICE of CANCELLATIONS 
due to BC Health COVID-19 Restrictions:

The LRGC Annual General Meeting scheduled for Wed., Feb 10 2021 was
CANCELLED/POSTPONED to a future date yet to be determined. 

The LRGC Annual Awards Banquet scheduled for Feb 20 2021
was CANCELLED. 

Unfortunately the LRGC Indoor Trophy Matches were also
CANCELLED for the 2020 year due to BC Health restrictions. 

Thanks to all that participated in the 
LRGC Trap and Skeet Club Shoots! 

The 2019-2020 LRGC Awards Registry is available here.
2019-2020 LRGC Awards Registry Aug 16 2020.pdf

Trophies will be engraved and on display at the club.
Club certificate award winners will be contacted to
pick up their certificates at the office when available. 

Congrats to all our award winners!

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Firearm News - New Information - Updated July 18, 2021:

Portions of Bill C-71 are now in force
What you need to know | Royal Canadian Mounted Police

FYI - To owners of Restricted and Prohibited Firearms

ATTs are now required for virtually all firearm transport except for:

to and from range and home after purchase.

See link:  RCMP - What you need to know about Bill C71

See Link: New Information regarding Bill C71

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Firearm News - June 16, 2021:

To read more of this story click here: GUNBLOG

Liberals Refuse Federal Court Order to
Give Evidence for May 2020 Attacks

16 June 2021

We are updating as we get more info.

TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Liberal Party-led government refused a Federal Court order to produce the evidence that led to its political attacks begun in May 2020 against gun owners.

Hidden Under Section 39

The Clerk of the Privy Council, the most-senior government employee and a top adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, used Section 39 of the Canada Evidence Act to keep e-mails, memos and notes hidden from the court and the public.

The Clerk, Janice Charette, signed the Section 39 certificate on June 14. A Federal Court judge on May 27 gave the government 30 days to produce all documents related to its crackdown.

Disclosure ‘Shall Be Refused’

“As a result of the certification by the Clerk, pursuant to s. 39, ‘disclosure of the information shall be refused without examination or hearing of the information by the court,’” government lawyers told the Federal Court yesterday.

“The attached s. 39 certificate is an absolute bar to filing with the Court under seal the information encompassed by the Order.”

Criminalize and Confiscate

The refusal is the Liberals’ latest obstruction tactic as they push ahead with their May 2020 Order in Council (OIC) that criminalized honest citizens and ordered the confiscation of suddenly blacklisted rifles and shotguns.

Story continues - see link above. 

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Firearm News - June 3 2021

Federal Court Orders Liberals to Hand Over Evidence
for May 2020 Attacks

31 May 2021

Link to story at TheGunBlog: READ FULL STORY HERE

TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Federal Court ordered the government to hand over all documents leading to its May 2020 political attacks against licensed gun owners and businesses, in a major procedural win for the teams fighting the crackdown.

30 Day Deadline

Associate Chief Justice Jocelyne Gagné gave the Attorney General of Canada (AGC) 30 days to turn in the evidence, she said in a decision dated May 27 and received by lawyers today.

The governing Liberal Party previously refused to share materials behind its 01 May 2020 Order in Council (OIC) criminalizing honest citizens and ordering them to surrender their suddenly blacklisted rifles and shotguns by April 2022.

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Firearm News - May 5 2021 (Revised June 3 - Petition Info added)

  The RCMP and Trudeau Lied! 

Proof now exists that the RCMP kept a 
secret copy of the Long Gun Registry and 
has continued to use it! 

Your non-restricted firearms are STILL registered to YOU (even if you sold them) 
and this information is being distributed to the RCMP patrol officer. 

Sign the Petition below to get the government to actually do what they were required to do! 

Sign Petition E - 3388 here: SIGN PETITION

Link to explosive video interview of Lawyer Ed Burlew: https://youtu.be/SsjgqnZZ1Xk

TEAM CSSA E-NEWS | May 4, 2021

COMMENTARY

RCMP's Secret Long Gun Registry: What We Always Knew vs. What We Can Now Prove On the one-year anniversary of the Liberal Government’s Gun Ban by Order in Council, it’s only fitting we uncover proof the RCMP lied to Parliament and kept a copy of the records from the failed Long Gun Registry.[i] The problem is 95% of Canada’s 2.2 million licensed firearm owners still think the government’s firearm confiscation plans won’t affect them. They couldn’t be more wrong! On May 11, 1995, before the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on Bill C-68, Heidi Rathjen said: “We have an agenda and our task will be completed when all firearms have been prohibited, but as you can see, our position has been consistent over these five years and will not change.”[ii] Their objective is clear ‘and will not change’. Then firearm researcher, Dennis R. Young, uncovered the fact that Wendy Cukier, Heidi Rathjen and their friends at the Coalition for Gun Control helped Jean Chrétien’s Liberal government write the Firearms Act Regulations in 1996.[iii] “Due to the availability of the CFO’s and the Coalition on Gun Control, the time frame will likely be extended. -   Sept 12 – 13 meet Coalition on Gun Control (copies of drafts)”  Trudeau’s Liberal government already banned some non-restricted firearms in its May 1, 2020 gun ban - so what makes you think any of your non-restricted firearms are safe? While Bill Blair’s OiC gun ban focused primarily on firearms that were already Restricted prior to May 1, 2020, it did not focus exclusively on them. Many Non-Restricted firearms were Prohibited on May 1, 2020, as well. Since then, the RCMP has quietly and consistently reclassified dozens of other Non-Restricted firearms as Prohibited without telling anyone The RCMP’s Secret Long Gun Registry We have known all along the RCMP kept a copy of the failed Long Gun Registry. The RCMP’s High River Gun Grab made that abundantly clear but, despite Dennis Young’s relentless efforts, we couldn’t prove it. We knew Deputy Commissioner Peter Henschel had lied to Parliament in 2015 when he said, “… the RCMP destroyed the [long gun registry] records between October 26, 2012, and October 31, 2012.”[iv] But we couldn’t prove it. Not until firearms lawyer Edward Burlew LL.B. received copies of clients’ firearms records through disclosure from the Ontario Crown Prosecutor’s Office.  It was a completely different list than the one the RCMP delivered to his client through an Access to Information Request. For at least three clients, the list of firearms provided in the Crown’s disclosure differed drastically from the list his clients obtained by filing ATIPs with the RCMP's Canadian Firearms Program. The Crown’s disclosure contained his client’s Restricted and Prohibited firearms, as well as all of his previously-registered Non-Restricted firearms. The Non-Restricted firearms were not listed on the clients’ ATIP reports, a clear violation of ATIP laws. Burlew now had solid proof the RCMP lied to Parliament and the Canadian people. This secret (and illegal) copy of the Long Gun Registry, combined with firearms dealers' sales records, seem likely to be used as the starting point when tracking down owners of ‘newly banned firearms’ under Order in Council SOR/2020-96. If you’re one of the many gun owners who believe police will accept “I sold it” or “It fell out of my boat” as an acceptable answer, you may be sorely mistaken. The RCMP, OPP, SQ and every other police force tracking down ‘newly banned firearms’ will not stop with excuses like those. They may demand a firearms inspection, demand to know where your (previously non-restricted) firearms are, may threaten you with “obstruction of justice” while seizing all of your firearms before questioning you. While you have the right to remain silent, and you should absolutely do so, there is no corresponding limitation on police. They are free to talk to you, badger you, threaten you, coerce you and browbeat you for as long as they like.   Licensed firearm owners are decent, law-abiding Canadians who want to do the right thing. They have little or no knowledge of the tactics used by police to find information and are totally unprepared for this type of questioning. If you have never been subjected to this sort of pressure, speak to Bruce Montague. Police threatened to bulldoze Bruce Montague’s home to the ground – the home he built with his bare hands – if he didn’t tell them where his guns were. How many can withstand that sort of pressure? Can you? New Zealand’s Gun Ban Roadmap Justin Trudeau’s government is still playing catchup with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s gun confiscations. That’s why he jumped all over the Nova Scotia mass murderer as his excuse for banning over 1,500 makes and models of firearms. The fact the mass murderer was not permitted to possess any firearms was seemingly irrelevant, as was the fact all his firearms were either smuggled from the United States or stolen here in Canada. The May 1st gun ban was only a waypoint, one more marker in a 30-year attack on your guns. Do you think this is the end? The Liberal’s ultimate goal is to out-ban and out-confiscate the New Zealand Prime Minister so Trudeau can regain the ‘progressive’ crown when Ardern stripped firearm owners of their legally-owned guns after a mass shooting at two mosques. In New Zealand, all pump-action shotguns capable of holding 6 or more cartridges were banned, including the venerable Remington 870.[v]  In New Zealand, all semi-automatic shotguns capable of holding 6 or more cartridges were banned, including a wide range of Benelli, Beretta, Remington and Winchester shotguns.[vi]  In New Zealand, all .22 calibre rifles (bolt action, lever action, pump action and semi-automatic action) capable of holding 11 or more cartridges were banned.[vii] A Dire Warning If you ‘only’ hunt or ‘only’ shoot trap or skeet and you believe the government will never come for your guns, you’re fooling yourself. If the government can ban and confiscate your Ruger Mini-14 and your Ruger Mini-30, what self-delusion makes you believe your Remington 7400 or Browning BAR are safe? If the government can ban and confiscate your AR-15, what fantasy world makes you believe they won’t come for your WK-180C, Type 97 or Tavor? And if the Liberal government can ban and confiscate all those firearms, why would you believe your pump-action shotgun, lever-action rifle or even your .22 rifle is safe from Bill Blair’s gun smelters? These words may be difficult to hear. We understand that. It’s easier to accept our government will respect our ownership of firearms but if you ignore these words of warning, you do so at your own peril.

Sources: [i] https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-evidence-shows-mounties-kept-a-copy-of-the-gun-registry. [ii] https://www.ourcommons.ca/content/archives/committee/351/jula/evidence/134_95-05-16/jula134_blk-e.html [iii] https://dennisryoung.ca/wp-content/uploads/ZIP1Manual/04111-A0062464.pdf Page 136 [iv] https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/41-2/FINA/meeting-86/evidence#Int-8731680 [v] https://s3.amazonaws.com/CSSA/PDF/New-Zealand-prohibited-firearms-and-parts-buy-back-price-list.pdf [vi] ibid [vii] ibid

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Firearm News - Updated June 21 2021

Have you been following the CCFR's efforts on your behalf to counter the Liberal and RCMP Initiatives to BAN your legally-acquired firearms? 

If not, you should be! It is your property - and if they have not gotten to your firearms specifically - it won't be long until they do! They are already banning shotguns, hunting rifles and even simple 22 cal sporting rifles - as the types on the prohibited list which were added after May 1 were numerous (updated continuously with last Update in Oct 2020!). This prohibited list is all but guaranteed to still grow without oversight of any kind.  There is still also the unresolved question if the government intends on ANY compensation for these firearms as the government is showing little interest in resolving this question before the two year period is up! 

Any of your firearms could be on the list (see list) - making you an immediate criminal (as the 2 year amnesty promised by the Liberals does not apply to owners of these added firearms) - and you would not necessarily know it as many were unrestricted previously! (A current CSSA legal opinion is that nearly all 12 gauge removable choked firearms are currently prohibited based on the current legal definition as stated in the OIC!)   

Information on the RCMP website and statements (mostly lies) by Minister Bill Blair change without notice - and without discussion or reason, usually to the deficit of the licensed firearm owner. It is difficult to trust that any statements made (written or verbal) will not change or disappear if the Liberals want them to - so confidence is low with respect to our expectation of government fairness wrt our property or person. The RCMP and Minister Blair have been provided with dictatorial powers by Trudeau's Liberals with the goal of removing all firearms from civilians in the long term. This is evidenced by the types of firearms being listed for prohibition - which has continued to increase after May 1st without legitimate criteria other than to virtue signal to obtain the votes of the uneducated public. 

Note that the Liberals are indicating that they will start initiating the content of Bill C71 (which will affect firearm storage and transport requirements) while they are currently trying to push through C21 and C22 which will harass handgun and air-soft pistol owners (C21) while giving reduced sentences to criminals charged with gun crimes (C22).   

Check out the excellent videos, podcasts and other educational materials created by the CCFR available at: CCFR YouTube Channel.  You can also obtain updates to the CCFR/Government legal fight on your behalf and other information at this link. 

Here are the YouTube links to the excellent series "Gun Ban Canada - Exposed" which highlight the details of these Liberal initiatives which were falsely promoted as to "enhance public safety", and expose the lies told by the Liberal government which are being used to justify their irresponsible action on May 1, 2020 and beyond to the uninformed Canadian.  It is OUR/YOUR JOB as a firearm owner to share these videos with these uninformed Canadians to educate them. These videos will reveal to them the fallacy being thrust upon all Canadians by this Liberal government. Please do your part!

Currently it is planned that the CCFR will create a seven part series, of which six are currently available at the links below:  

1) Gun Ban Canada - Exposed; Episode 1 - Is It Really About Public Safety?

2) Gun Ban Canada - Exposed; Episode 2 - Where Do Crime Guns Come From?

3) Gun Ban Canada - Exposed; Episode 3 - Do More Guns Equal More Death?

4) Gun Ban Canada - Exposed; Episode 4 - Common Sense Gun Laws

5) Gun Ban Canada - Exposed; Episode 5 - Why Would Anyone Need a Gun?

6) Gun Ban Canada - Exposed; Episode 6 - Our System is Broken

7) Gun Ban Canada - Exposed: Episode 7 - Series Finale

The CCFR is working hard to support you as a responsible firearm owner whom the Liberal government is demonizing. If you are not currently a member - please join, and also support the legal action by donating NOW!.  Go to the CCFR website to signup or donate: CCFR Website

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  LRGC Range Notices!

Please note that your membership renewal payment is due by your individual renewal date -
which is the anniversary date of your membership. 
This date can be found on the front of your membership card under the bar code
- or in your member file.

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WE ARE ON SUMMER HOURS of OPERATION:

(Note: We will go back to Winter hours on Oct 1)

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General Meetings	2nd  Wednesday of February - Annual General Meeting    2nd Wednesday of June & November  1st  Wednesday of Dec (Boxing Day Planning Meeting)  (Start time of General meetings - 7:30 pm   AGM start time - 7:00 pm)
Board Meetings	4th Wednesday of each month excluding December (Start time of Board meetings - 7:30 pm)

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