A Comox Valley man is calling for changes to the provincial Wildlife Act to increase the distance people must be from homes before they can discharge firearms. Currently, the minimum distance is 100 metres, but Ron Sitter would like to see that increased to 250.
“As the research goes, a shotgun shot can travel between 200 and 700 metres, which means if there is a wayward shot, it could end up damaging our property or damaging us,” says Sitter, who lives in a rural area south of Courtenay.
Sitter began writing to his Member of Parliament and local MLA back in December 2020, but the responses he received indicate his representatives don’t believe it is an issue. He dropped his campaign to make changes, believing it was a lost battle,Tozer was 52 in February when he was riding a dirt bike near Ladysmith and was killed by a stray bullet fired not by a hunter, but rather someone target practicing.
The executive director of the BC Wildlife Foundation also believes the current regulations don’t require changes.
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