Correct yes, you do need to be a member of some sort of firing range or rod and gun club. You also have to be a member of BCTSA (50$), but I signed up the night before and submitted my paperwork the next day and got it
I thought the gun club needs to be associated with the shooting association no? And not all clubs are ? That was my understanding anyways. Maybe someone smarter can clarify?
I got the exemption WITHOUT disclosing what range I belonged to (I wasn’t hiding it, I just forgot). You have to list the range however when doing a restricted transfer. It does so happen that my range is affiliated, but I listed it after I already received my exemption
So just to be clear , if I am member of a range who isn't affiliated with the shooting association, you can still get this exemption ? If so that's sweet. I was trying to look into this a while ago and it seemed only one range in the BC lower mainland was affiliated with the shooting association and it was kind of far.
As far as I know yes, since I filled mine out before announcing what range I was a part of. When you go through the signup on the BCTSA website, it’ll have various boxes to fill in before you pay the membership, just to be sure
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u/Vintage_Pieces_10 Jun 05 '26
Correct yes, you do need to be a member of some sort of firing range or rod and gun club. You also have to be a member of BCTSA (50$), but I signed up the night before and submitted my paperwork the next day and got it