Do I need a range membership?

[Wendell]

...that's what he said...

What I heard:

"...There would be no requirement in law for individuals to maintain a membership at a gun range in order to transport their restricted firearms."

Maybe that isn't what he meant.

...I have heard a lawyer say that that there has never been any requirement for a target shooter to belong to an approved shooting range to renew an RPAL or to purchase a restricted firearm.

The law requires the CFO to evaluate whether the restricted firearm(s) are actually being used for the stated purpose; if the stated purpose is "target shooting", the individual must be prepared to prove to the CFO his/her participation in target shooting. As we all know, the CFP has required the respective CFOs to require membership in at least one approved shooting club, but, in the case of a bonafide target shooter - as (Saint John) Jon Gould's court case proved - membership in an approved shooting club isn't actually required by law.

P.S.: I can't find a transcript of the Gould case...do any of you have a link to it?

[Wendell]

P.S.: I can't find a transcript of the Gould case...do any of you have a link to it?

Here it is:

Gould v. New Brunswick (Chief Firearms), 2008 NBPC 24 (CanLII)
<http://canlii.ca/t/1x0m6>
retrieved on 2015-05-31