Apr 9, 2013

An inside look at guns in Canada: Andy Clark of Reuters takes you to the DVC Indoor Shooting Centre in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia — the only indoor shooting centre in the province that rents firearms to the public without a license and the Vancouver Gun Club — a shotgun-only club that has a regular membership of about 400 and sells an estimated 1,100 day passes each year.

: A range officer carries a rifle in the shooting range at the DVC Indoor Shooting Centre in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia March 22, 2013. The DVC is the only indoor shooting centre in the province that rents firearms to the public without a license. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: A target hit several times is seen through a piece of cardboard, also peppered with bullet holes, at the DVC Indoor Shooting Centre in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia March 22, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: A woman fires a .22 calibre AR-15 rifle on the range at DVC Indoor Shooting Centre in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia March 22, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: A visitor of DVC Indoor Shooting Centre fires a pistol on their range in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia March 22, 2013. Canada has very strict laws controlling the use of handguns and violent crime is relatively rare. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: Mona Kambo (C) holds up her shooting target while her friend Kylie Cronin (R) takes a picture at the DVC Indoor Shooting Centre in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia March 22, 2013. Canada has very strict laws controlling the use of handguns and violent crime is relatively rare. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: A woman holds a .50AE Desert Eagle and her target while visiting the DVC Indoor Shooting Centre in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia March 22, 2013. The centre has several kinds of pistols from 38 specials 44 magnums. (Andy Clark/REuters)

: A range officer prevents a woman from falling back while she fires a shotgun at the DVC Indoor Shooting Centre in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia March 22, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: A .44 Magnum sits on the range counter waiting to be used at the DVC Indoor Shooting Centre in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia March 22, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: A sporting clay disintegrates after being hit by a shot from a shooter at the Vancouver Gun Club in Richmond, British Columbia February 17, 2013. Formed in 1924, the Vancouver Gun Club, which is a shotgun-only club, has a regular membership of about 400 and sells an estimated 1100 day passes each year. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: A member of the Vancouver Gun Club peeks out from behind the hut where sporting clays are fired from at the club’s facility in Richmond, British Columbia February 17, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: A member of the Vancouver Gun Club gets more ammunition while taking part in sporting clays at their facility in Richmond, British Columbia February 17, 2013. Sporting clays, also known as “golf with a shotgun”, uses clay targets to simulate various birds and projects the targets in different directions and heights. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: Rich Korbus reacts after missing his shot while trap shooting at the Vancouver Gun Club in Richmond, British Columbia February 17, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: Shooter Doug Boyd reacts after he hits his trap at the Vancouver Gun Club in Richmond, British Columbia February 17, 2013. The club offers trap, skeet, sporting clays and Olympic trap for members and day visitors. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: A member of the Vancouver Gun Club shoots trap at the clubs facilities in Richmond, British Columbia February 17, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: Shooters, taking part in sporting clays, walk through a wooded area to their next position at the Vancouver Gun Club in Richmond, British Columbia February 17, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: An aeroplane flies over as a member of the Vancouver Gun Club partakes in trapshooting in Richmond, British Columbia February 17, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: Shooters check the angle while waiting for their turn during skeet shooting at the Vancouver Gun Club in Richmond, British Columbia February 17, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: Visitors watch members shoot trap at the Vancouver Gun Club in Richmond, British Columbia February 17, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: A man rests a shotgun on his shoulder next to signs posted on a wall at the Vancouver Gun Club in Richmond, British Columbia February 10, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: The ground is littered with spent shotgun shells at the Vancouver Gun Club in Richmond, British Columbia February 10, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: Shotguns sit in a rack on the shooting range of the Vancouver Gun Club in Richmond, British Columbia February 10, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: A member of the Vancouver Gun Club rests his shotgun on his shoulder while waiting for his turn at the club’s 39 acre facility in Richmond, British Columbia February 17, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: A member of the Vancouver Gun Club loads his shotgun at the Five Stand facility in Richmond, British Columbia February 10, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

: A member of the Vancouver Gun Club takes aim while trap shooting at their facility in Richmond, British Columbia February 10, 2013. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

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