EGC News & Events

News (2015):

• Election of club officers for 2016 was held at the December 12, 2015 meeting. The officers for 2016 are:

  President:	Hobey Un
  Vice President:	Kelly Adams
  Treasurer:	Tom Adams
  Secretary:	Roman Millet

  
  (L-R) Tom Adams, Kelly Adams, Hobey Un, Roman Millet

  Their terms begin January 1, 2016.

• Top Shot Award: Also announced at the December meeting was the Top Shot Award from the shooting events the Club held in 2015. The top shooters were:

  1. Mark McLauchlin
  2. Doug Wilkie

• The club held a Basic Pistol Class on November 1st at West Coast Armory North. Photos from the class are posted in the photo album.

• The club held an Action Pistol Shoot on September 12th at West Coast Armory North. Photos from the class are posted in the photo album.

• The club held a Basic Personal Protection In the Home Class on May 15 [legal presentation] and 17 [classroom and range] at West Coast Armory North. Photos from the class will be posted in the photo album.

• The club held an Action Pistol Shoot on April 18th at West Coast Armory North. Photos and scores are in work and will be posted in the photo album.

• At the regular club meeting on April 8, Revision D of the Club's Constitution was adopted to correct some drafting errors in Rev. C. The new revision is available at the link to the left.

• The club held a Basic Pistol Class on March 29th at West Coast Armory North. Photos from the class are posted in the photo album.

• The club held a CMP Bullseye Pistol Shoot on March 21st at West Coast Armory North. Scores and photos from the shoot are posted in the photo album.

• The club held a Basic Pistol Class on March 8th at West Coast Armory North. Photos from the class are posted in the photo album.

News (2014):

• Election of club officers for 2015 was held at the December 13, 2014 meeting. The officers for 2015 are:

  President:	Hobey Un
  Vice President:	Tom Adams
  Treasurer:	Mark McLauchlin
  Secretary:	Roman Millet

  
  (L-R) Hobey Un, Tom Adams, Mark McLauchlin, Roman Millet

  Their terms begin January 1, 2015.

• Top Shot Award: Also announced at the December meeting was the Top Shot Award from the three shooting events the Club held in 2014. The top shooters were:

  1. Paul Smith
  2. Fred Crary
  3. Doug Wilkie
  4. Scott Oliver
  5. Mark McLauchlin

• The club held an Action Pistol Shoot on December 6th at West Coast Armory North. Scores and photos from the shoot are posted in the photo album.

• The club held a CMP Rifle Shoot on September 20th at West Coast Armory North. [CMP = Civilian Marksmanship Program]. We had 5 participants. None of us scored well enough to reach the award level. Photos were taken and the webmaster is working on getting caught up in sorting and posting them.

• The club held a Basic Personal Protection Inside the Home Class on September 14th at West Coast Armory North. Photos from the class are posted in the photo album.

• The club held a Basic Pistol Class on June 29th at West Coast Armory North. Photos from the class are posted in the photo album.

• The club held a Basic Pistol Class on May 18th at West Coast Armory North. Photos from the class are posted in the photo album.

• The club held an Bullseye Pistol Shoot on March 16th at West Coast Armory North. Scores and photos from the shoot are posted in the photo album.

News (2013):

• Election of club officers for 2014 was held at the December 11, 2013 meeting. The officers for 2014 are:

  President:	George Smith
  Vice President:	Hobey Un
  Treasurer:	Mark McLauchlin
  Secretary:	Greg Conine

  
  (L-R) Mark McLauchlin, George Smith, Hobey Un, Greg Conine

  Their terms begin January 1, 2014.

• The club held its annual Turkey Shoot on November 9th at the Kenmore Range clubhouse. Scores and photos from the shoot are posted in the photo album.

• The club held an Action Pistol Shoot on October 10th at West Coast Armory North. Scores and photos from the shoot are posted in the photo album. Many thanks to Mark McLauchlin for his work organizing and preparing for the event.

Gun Safes and Sales Tax:

• From the webmaster:

  In the state of Washington, gun safes are exempt from retail sales tax. The relevant section of state law is RCW 82.08.832 which reads:

  Exemptions — Sales of gun safes.

  (1) The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to sales of gun safes.

  (2) As used in this section and RCW 82.12.832, "gun safe" means an enclosure specifically designed or modified for the purpose of storing a firearm and equipped with a padlock, key lock, combination lock, or similar locking device which, when locked, prevents the unauthorized use of the firearm.

  RCW 82.08.020 is, of course, the section of the law establishing the retail sales tax.

  The back story: If you missed the meetings where this was discussed, here is how it happened. I found a small, fairly inexpensive gun safe advertised on walmart.com and decided to order it. I stopped when I found their shopping cart was, incorrectly, going to charge me sales tax. After a number of emails back and forth with walmart.com staff, I reached someone who researched the law and found I was correct. She asked me to order and, if charged sales tax, to contact her and she would get it corrected. I did; I was charged sales tax; and she got my order corrected. (To be fair, this occurred when Arkansas was having massive power outages due to an ice storm, so they had other distractions which slowed down everything.)

  Lesson learned: Cite the code section in your first communication with someone who wants to charge sales tax on a gun safe. It will save a complete round trip via email since you probably will have to cite it eventually.

For more information, contact the club at info@beegc.org