Premier Doug Ford has reopened golf courses as part of an amendment made to the Ontario stay at home order. Firearm ranges were not included in this amendment. \u00a0NFA President Sheldon Clare joined NFA Directors Jordan Vandenhoff and Rick Igercich in calling upon Premier Doug Ford to reopen all outdoor firearms ranges.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf golf courses are open there is no reason whatsoever that firearms ranges should remain closed,\u201d said NFA President Sheldon Clare, \u201cRanges are places at which all requirements for social distancing can easily be maintained.\u201d \u00a0Rick Igercich added, \u201cRanges have plenty of space and provide an important and welcome place for people to engage in activities which may be both recreational and work related.\u201d \u00a0Jordan Vandenhoff stated, \u201cIt\u2019s not reasonable to have golf courses open, and firearm ranges closed \u2013 the level of Covid risk at both locations is clearly minimal. \u00a0People need their freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPremier Ford needs to be consistent, and from our perspective leaving ranges closed with golf courses open doesn\u2019t make sense. \u00a0Hopefully Premier Ford will likewise open up firearm ranges and those businesses that support them as he has done for golf courses,\u201d concluded Sheldon Clare.<\/p>\n
Canada\u2019s National Firearms Association is this country\u2019s largest and most effective advocacy organization representing the interests of firearms owners and users. Canada\u2019s National Firearms Association is the largest Canadian organization fighting for the rights of Canadian firearms users.\u00a0 NFA is a registered UN NGO with consultative status to ECOSOC.<\/p>\n
*Update:<\/p>\n
It appears that Premier Doig Ford opened up parks and playgrounds but not golf clubs, or shooting ranges. Regardless, the NFA is still putting pressure onto the Ontario government to re-open firearm ranges as there is no evidence of high transmission rates of covid-19.<\/p>\n
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For more information contact: Premier Doug Ford has reopened golf courses as part of an amendment made to the Ontario stay at home order. Firearm ranges were not included in this amendment. \u00a0NFA President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8084,"featured_media":1156961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nBlair Hagen, Executive VP Communications, 604-753-8682\u00a0Blair@nfa.ca<\/a>
\nSheldon Clare, President, 250-981-1841\u00a0Sheldon@nfa.ca<\/a>
\nRick Igercich, Ontario Director, Rick@nfa.ca<\/a>
\nJordan Vandenhoff, Ontario Director, Jordan@nfa.ca<\/a>
\nCanada\u2019s NFA toll-free number \u2013 1-877-818-0393
\nNFA Website: www.nfa.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"