After two decades of relying on warning signs, the Langley Rod and Gun Club (LRGC) has installed a chain link fence to keep trespassers from entering the 37.5 acre property it uses for indoor and outdoor shooting ranges near 40 Avenue and 208 Street.
“We just want to be good neighbours,” said club president Gord Van Dokkumburg.
He estimated the cost of the fence at more than $50,000. 
He said the club was concerned about possible encroachment by new residential development in the area and Brookswood Secondary School next door.
“We have had high school students bring their lunch in the bushes [even though signs say “keep out, active shooting range”]” Van Dokkumburg told The Times.
He said there have been no incidents involving unwanted visitors near the shooting ranges, and the club intends to keep it that way.
“We haven’t had any trouble,” Van Dokkumburg said.
“We don’t want any issues.”
Relocating the club is not a practical option, he said.
“There’s nowhere to go in Langley.”
The LRGC has been operating at its current location for about 20 years, Van Dokkumburg said.
The club was established in 1946.
The LRGC website describes the club as a non-profit society incorporated under the Societies Act of British Columbia “to provide a safe and friendly facility where individuals can enjoy many shooting disciplines.”
Among the sports listed are skeet shooting, rifles, air pistols, handguns, fast draw, and modern pentathlon events.