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Cornwall Handgun Club Aiming for Safety and Fun

By the Cornwall Handgun Club a 100-meter rifle range, in South
Board of Directors Stormont, owned and operated by the
not-for profit Club. An all-volunteer
id you know that over 2.2 million board of directors oversees the
operations.
DCanadians are licensed by the
RCMP to legally own firearms and Members participate in several
participate in one of many shooting handgun sports. Safety, Accuracy
sports? That’s more Canadians than and Speed are the aims of the
any other organized sport in Canada, International Practical Shooting
including hockey! Our firearms Confederation (IPSC), while the
heritage has generated many world- International Defensive Pistol
class competitive and military Association (IDPA) safely replicates
shooters including several Olympic, real-world scenarios. Want to dress
Pan-American, and Commonwealth like John Wayne and shoot your six-
Games medalists. gun? Cowboy Action Shooters do
Did you also know that almost 500 that. Two more popular activities
include precision target shooting and Photo Submitted
of your friends, neighbours, relatives,
and co-workers practice some of steel challenges for both new and compete against each other. Every federally licensed and undergoing
experienced shooters. In a normal
those shooting sports at a little- autumn, the club hosts public open daily RCMP criminal record checks,
known facility north of Cornwall? year, the Club hosts local and regional ‘sight-in’ days so local hunters will applicants must undergo a selection
IPSC, IDPA, Cowboy, and Steel have a better chance of bagging their and training process conducted to
The Cornwall Handgun Club was Challenge competitions, contributing
formed in 1974 and had its humble many tens of thousands of dollars to game. The Club also provides a place nationally accepted standards, run by
experienced club members. Safety
beginnings on a small piece of land the economy of Cornwall, SD&G, for local law enforcement agencies to is paramount with an additional
near Long Sault. Now, men and and surrounding areas. Members train and re-qualify. focus on having fun in the outdoors.
women of all ages, ethnicities, and also compete at other clubs across Getting into shooting sports is not This approach ensures that handgun
backgrounds pursue their passion North America. There is usually an easy, particularly those involving shooting sports continue to enjoy a
at the provincially licensed private annual military competition, or ‘mil- handguns, which are heavily safety record unparalleled in Canada.
shooting range which boasts 4 shoot’, where members can use legal regulated in Canada. To become a For more information, contact the
separate shooting bays, including military surplus rifles from any era to new member, in addition to being Club at: info@cornwallhandgunclub.ca.

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