Shooting clubs can't keep up with demand

Flemish shooting clubs have received a flood of membership applications during the past six months. The daily 'Het Belang van Limburg' writes that 3,500 people have joined shooting clubs in Flanders since the beginning of the year.
The volume of membership applications is such that some clubs have even stopped allowing new people to join, as they are unable to cope.
The increase in the number of people interested in joining gun clubs has come about as a result of tougher restrictions on the ownership of firearms that were approved in the aftermath of last May's race murders in Antwerp. Anyone applying for a gun license must be a member of a gun club and have practiced at least five times at the club's rifle range.