Mitigation work during COVID shutdown

The club has taken advantage of the suspension in operation by working hard to start improvements requested by the inspector of the Chief Firearms Officer of BC that had resulted in restrictions in our shooting activities.  Volunteers and staff have been building ground baffles across Range 3.  An excavator is now on club grounds and…

COVID shuts down all BC Parks

Unfortunately, due to the COVID crisis, BC Parks has announced a full shut down on the entire BC Parks System. Please read: Full BC Parks System Closure Order of the Executive Director [PDF] BC Parks is immediately closing the entire BC Parks system, including all parks, protected areas, conservancies, recreation areas, and ecological reserves. All camping…

During shut down, work on the range proceeds

While the range is shut down due to the health emergency, volunteers and staff have taken advantage of the decrease in activity to improve the range and deal with the previous CFO inspector’s directives. Last week we took delivery of a container that is now being repurposed to provide shelter for Range 10 once the…

Como Lake Derby canceled

Unfortunately, we received word that Coquitlam is canceling all public events in May obviously because of the ongoing COVID-19 emergency. This means that the Como Lake Derby is canceled as well as our plans to represent at May Days in Port Coquitlam. Let’s beat the virus so we can have our future events with EVERYONE…

PCDHFC Closed for COVID-19 Health Emergency

Range will close in response to COVID-19 Coronavirus Emergency On Monday, the Federal Government and British Columbia instituted severe measures in order to dampen the predicted impact of this dangerous epidemic on our health system so that adequate resources can be devoted to the most needy. All levels of government have urged our residents to stay…

COVID CONCERNS

Out of an abundance of concern due to the COVID-19 virus we are asking any range users to please stay home if they or their household are exhibiting cold or flu-like symptoms. We have also taken the steps of increasing frequency of our cleaning services and of wiping down public surfaces. The club executive will…

AR-15 cleaning and maintenance workshop

AR-15 cleaning and maintenance workshop When: Friday March 27 7pm-9pm Where: In the clubhouse Cost: Free An introduction to cleaning and maintaining AR-15 style rifles. This will primarily focus on the AR platform, but most of it will transfer over to other semi-automatic rifles. What to bring: AR-15 rifle Cleaning kit Safety glasses Nitrile Gloves…

Petition e-2431 is closed with 175,310 signatures

Thanks to all our members and friends who signed the official e-petition e-2431 (Democratic Process) that asks the federal government not to use Order-in-Council (OIC) to ban firearms. With 175,310 signatures, the petition had the most signatories of any other e-petition in history. When tabled in the House of Commons, the minority Liberal government must…