The BCWF Does Not Support Bill C-71

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Bill C-71 Firearms Act Amendments

The BCWF Does Not Support Bill C-71
Amendments to the Firearms Act

Here is a brief overview of what Bill C-71 Amendments to the Canadian Firearms Act means to you:

  • Background checks for criminal violence and any mental illness will be conducted over the life of the individual, not the previous five year period.
  • Both business and private sales of all firearms are subject to computerized license verification. Non-Restricted firearms transfers will not have the information regarding the firearm recorded.
  • Businesses are required to keep records which will include the individual’s information and all information regarding the firearm(s) transferred. The business must keep the records for 20 years unless the business ceases to be a business. In that case all records must be surrendered to the authorities.
  • Authorizations to Transport have been gutted. The only permitted uses are to shooting ranges and Purchase-to-Home, but will still include “all ranges in province”. All currently held ATTs will be revoked on passage of Bill 71.
  • RCMP completes an extensive background check taking into account criminal, addiction, domestive violence and mental health records
  • All of the Swiss Arms Classic series and all CZ-858s will be made 12(9) Prohibited. The owners of these rifles will be Grandfathered and permitted to transport to a range for the purposes of target shooting.
  • The power of the Governing Council to declare any firearm to be Non-Restricted has been revoked. The Governing Council may still be used to declare any firearms to be restricted or prohibited.
  • UN Firearms Marking will be issued in a Technical amendment

Learn More about Bill C-71

Download BCWF’s Comments and Questions on Bill C-71 >>

View BCWF’s Request for Participation in Committee on Bill C-71 >>

View the Verification of License Backgrounder C-71 >>

Download the Bill That was Tabled in the House of Commons Below >>

Click Here to Learn More about Bill C-71 -An Act to Amend Certain Acts and Regulations in relation to Firearms

HELP THE BCWF ADVOCATE FOR SPORT SHOOTING AND HUNTERS NOW

1) CLICK HERE TO Download a template letter for you to easily format, email or mail off to Minister Ralph Goodale
2) Email your letters to  ralph.goodale@parl.gc.ca
3) Mail your Letters to:

The Honourable Ralph Goodale,

Minister of Public Safety
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 We also urge you to

4) Find your MP and Book a Meeting with them to talk about why you oppose Bill C-17.

Example of Letter:

Your Name 
Your Address Here
Your Address Here

March xx, 2018
The Honourable Ralph Goodale
Minister of Public Safety
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6

 

Dear Minister Goodale,

Re:  Withdrawal of Bill C-71

I am writing to you today to request that you withdraw Bill C-71.

It is my view that Bill C-71 is an unnecessary blatant imposition on law abiding Canadian gun owners that will do nothing to reduce crime and make Canadians safer. If anything, it will make otherwise law-abiding Canadians potential criminals as a result of arbitrary and unpredictable decisions by the RCMP.

I suggest that rather than impose more unnecessary laws on law abiding citizens who own guns that you invest in meaningful actions to prevent the importation of illegal drugs and guns into Canada, and the deportation of convicted criminals and terrorists out of Canada.

Such an effort would be a far better investment and provide meaningful outcomes in terms of the public attitude to firearms rather than equating them with criminals.

In closing, I respectively request you not to proceed with legislation that unnecessarily impacts Canada’s law-abiding firearms owners and does little to improve public safety.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

Respectfully,

Sign

Insert your name here

CC: Right Hon. Justin Trudeau
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A2

Insert name of your MP
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A6

 

On 2018-08-16 3:14 PM, alan dosenberger wrote:
Good afternoon wally
I was wondering what all the nelson rod and gun club is doing to help block bill c-71? Specially now that all handguns and semi-autos are now on the chopping block. Personally i think a group email from members of the club to our mp and to the pm and gooddale would help show our opposition to a bill that merely was put out too garner votes at the expense  of law abiding citizens.  If that sounds like something you think the club would be up for doing.

Thanks you for read and hope to hear back from you
Alan dosenberger

Bull trout cull

At the last expert meeting it was realized by all that kokanee egg plants alone wasn’t going to turn the lake around and for kokanee to start increasing in numbers we need to plants eggs and cull bull trout that continue to do okay and continue to prey on kokanee. Here are the salient points on this issue:

 

  1. Kokanee—they are the primary food source for Gerrard rainbow trout, bull trout (BT) and most other predators in the lake. They have numbered over 1.5 million in good times and nowadays number less than 20,000. Meadow Creek is the primary spawning stream as well as the Lardeau River.
  2. Gerrard rainbow trout eat kokanee and used to grow to a size of 30 lbs. They have always been low in numbers ranging from 1500 spawners to less than 100 over the last 60 years. Their numbers today are less than 200 spawners but their size is now less than 5 lbs. The same story for BT although unlike the Gerrards they do eat other fish species. Today their numbers are on the low side and size is less than 10 lbs, average around 3-4 lbs. Overall, the BT are doing okay compared to Gerrards.
  3. Issue—-The numbers of predators (Gerrards and bull trout) increased in the early 2000s because the lake was fertilized starting in 1992 the result of which was significantly increased kokanee numbers from lows of around 200,000 in the early 1990s to well over 1 million by the late 1990s. The decline of kokanee in the early 1990s was due to nutrient uptake in upstream reservoirs (Duncan & Libby) that used to flow into KL. Fisheries management failed to recognize that increasing the kokanee numbers would predictably result in increased numbers of predators (Gerrards and BT). The end result was that by 2009 it was evident that the large predator numbers were eating down the kokanee numbers and certainly by 2012 kokanee numbers declined precipitously low. Management did not adjust the fishery to remove (harvest) the predators. The end result has been that the predators have eaten themselves out of “house and home”.
  4. Despite my advice management has been loath to reduce predator numbers and now kokanee are < 20,000 spawners for the entire lake. Reduction of BT is necessary to permit kokanee numbers to increase. If predator reduction on a large scale isn’t conducted the kokanee will remain low in numbers and all wildlife that depend on them will be continue to be negatively impacted. The same situation happened on Pend O”Reille Lake just south of you in Idaho. Management there implemented a predator suppression program and kokanee egg plants and within 10 years kokanee numbers went from < 100,000 back to 1 million or more.
  5. The world famous Gerrard rainbow fishery is now a mere shadow of itself and there are none that exceed more than about 5 lbs. It is very simple—to increase kokanee numbers we have to suppress BT and suppression must be intensive for 3-5 years. I doubt our fisheries managers are committed to this course of action.
  6. Only two weeks ago we advised John Krebs that the Ministry needs to inform the public about the need to cull bull trout. Nothing was done and now they have a protest on their hands due to lack of public information.
  7. The BCWF supports the Ministry’s efforts to reduce bull trout.

List of Donors for Nelson District Rod & Gun Club Kitchen & Storage Addition

List of donors for Nelson District Rod & Gun Club Kitchen & storage addition

Nelson District Rod & Gun Club

 

Would like to Recognize and Thank

 

 List of Donors for Nelson District Rod & Gun Club Kitchen & Storage Addition

 


Nelson Italian Canadian Society

 

Red Dog Carpentry

 

 Wall-Tone Painting & Contracting


Maglio Building Center


Arcovio Elect


McNally Excavation

Nelson Ready Mix Concrete  


Lammle Drywall 

 

 Edward Nunn p. Engineer

 

 James Kurzinger

Thank You


Wally Kampen

President

Outdoor Range Closure A Project Mapleseed event.

The range will be closed Thursday June 28th for the A Project Mapleseed event.

This project is designed to provide structured and safe rifle fundamentals to hunters and shooters of all ages and provides a solid framework of basic rifleman skills that benefits new and experienced shooters alike.  See the May 2018 newsletter and the Eventbrite registration website for more details.

 

 

Outdoor Range Closure 

Due to the late arrival of spring we will  need the outdoor range closed Friday May 11 
and Sat May 12 for excavation work. 
We apologize for this inconvenience but this work is necessary to keep this range licensed. 

Thank you for your understanding. 

Howie Grant.

AWARDS BANQUET & FUNDRAISER SPONSOR LIST – 2018

Nelson District Rod & Gun Club & Conservation Society

AWARDS BANQUET & FUNDRAISER SPONSOR LIST – 2018

 

A-3 Plumbing Heating & Gasfitting       A & W Restaurants                         Ainsworth Hot Springs

All Seasons Cafe                              Andex Rentals                                  Arcright Plumbing & Heating

Art of Brewing                                  Balfour Gill & Gift                                          Balfour Repair (B. Beaudoin)

Barren’s Sport Shop                        Blue Sky Clothing                                           Frances Brown

Canada Safeway                              Dr. Brian Cheshire                           Dr. Louise Cheshire

Cottonwood Kitchens                     Cowan’s Office Supplies                  Dr. Kelly Davidoff

Vince DeVito Shoes                          Downtown Automotive                   Drop Manufacturing

Eddy Music                                       Katie Foley                                       Finley’s Irish Bar & Grill

Katie Foley                                        Rhys Gerow                                      Georama Growers

Glacier View Glass                           R. Green                                                          Bruce Halstead

Herb’s Alignment & Mechanical     Hipperson Hardware                     Hywood Truck & Equipment

Inland Allcare                                   Itza Ristorante & Pizzeria                Ray Johnson

KAL Tire                                                          Kolmel Jewellery                                            Kootenay Country Store Co-op

Kootenay Glass & Mirrors               Kootenay Motors                                           Kosy’s Meat Cutting & Wrapping

Lees Auto Haus 1999                       Lillie & Cohoe                                  Lordco

Love O’ The Woods (L. MacMillan)        Maglio Building Centre                  Main Jet Motorsports

Mallards Source for Sports                            Martech Electrical Systems             Glen McKen

NAPA Auto Parts                              Nelson Brewing                                Nelson Chocofellar

Nelson Chrysler                               Nelson & District Credit Union       Nelson Ford

Nelson Home Hardware Building Centre        Nelson Police Association          Nelson Toyota

Otter Books                                      Don Pedersen                                  Pharmasave

Railway Coffeehouse                      RHC Insurance Brokers                  Save-On Foods

Selkirk Eye Care (Dr. J. Proctor)       Shoppers Drug                                 SK Electronics

Snow Pack Outdoor Experience      Speedy Glass (Brian McKellar)        Taylor-Wilton Nelson

Jack Tolles                                       Torchlight Brewing                          Valhalla Pure

Vienna Café                                 Wall-Tone Painting & Contracting           Western Auto Wreckers

Wine Kitz                                          J. Yasek Contracting                            Zap Welding

Many thanks for fish, fowl and meat donations go to Jason Hawkes, Kozy’s Meat Cutting & Wrapping, Fisherman’s Market, John Wright, Howie Grant, Bruce Halstead, Gary Meadows

Also a huge thank you to the volunteers and attendees!

            Please support the above businesses – they are supporting our club!