Poll: Does your Gun Club Require Criminal Record Checks?

[MarkR]

Does your club require additional criminal records checks over and above that which the Government already does?

[Neil Burke]

That would be redundant given what's involved with the PAL

[RangeBob]

Having a PAL is not an approved check for overseeing youth (child care, tutor; but not including nannies and babysitters), or senior care (including visiting in long term care facilities).
There are a list of professionals that are required by law to have a background check, but I doubt any of them are related to a gun club.
Note that a PAL background check is mostly about violence, so shoplifting might be overlooked for a PAL but may be important for senior care.

[awndray]

Having a PAL is not an approved check for overseeing youth (child care, tutor; but not including nannies and babysitters), or senior care (including visiting in long term care facilities).

What you're referring to is a vulnerable sector check.

I don't know if our club does, but many organizations should and do. Mapleseed comes to mind. They had me submit one when applying for an instructor role.

[WSA]

No, we figure if you are good to get a gun with the RCMP , you are good with us.

[Suputin]

Does your club require additional criminal records checks over and above that which the Government already does?

I would not belong to a club that did. Its NONE of their business. The ONLY thing they need to be concerned about is that members have a PAL.

[Soph]

Does your club require additional criminal records checks over and above that which the Government already does?

I don't know any that do, and I certainly wouldn't be a member of any that do (not by their choice, but by mine). More people sticking their noses into other peoples business is very much what we don't need.

[Two For Sure]

For the average gun club member it would go too far but if the club ran a junior shooting program or other activity directed at younger people a full police record check and vulnerable sector check of adults directly involved in the program would be prudent. Both go much further than a simple PAL screening.

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/types-c...kground-checks

[Petamocto]

Funny enough, I just got certified as an instructor in NB to teach firearm safety and hunter ed, and the province needed an RCMP background check.

I tried to start the conversation with "Don't you know that by having a PAL that I alre..." and I didn't even bother. It was free, so I gave them their piece of redundant paper.

I could understand the vulnerable sector check discussed above because I'll be teaching to minors, but they wanted both.

[PatrickR]

What you're referring to is a vulnerable sector check.

I don't know if our club does, but many organizations should and do. Mapleseed comes to mind. They had me submit one when applying for an instructor role.

I really don't see gun owners as being a "vulnerable" sector.