In the end various levels of government in their endless quest for tax dollars, the huge money involved in residential development and the fact that councillors and Reeves/Mayors see gun clubs as more hassle than they are worth makes survival for clubs in some locations almost impossible. What clubs and their members can do is avoid giving the opposition excuses to shut them down. Noise and property value arguments are one thing, "scary" safety violations are another.
Years ago, the president of one of Alberta's Sportsman's associations suggested all the shooting organizations in the province should get together and develop a "Super Club" in a central location a good distance away from the QE2 corridor. As we lose clubs one at a time through the years, shooters would still have a base of operations and a fall back club. A lot of reasons why that would never work came to mind, driving distance being the first. I have since come to the conclusion that I would drive as far as necessary, but not as often as I currently do.
I do sometimes wonder what "Super Club" would have looked like now if the idea had taken off. Imagine every shooting sport in the province, available in one location. A site developed with the combined efforts of every discipline.
