Membership Requirements SCFGPA

Membership Information and Requirements:

Please be advised that we are accepting new members. Please check this site often, as the status may change from time to time, based on the current number of members in good standing.

New Membership Procedures and requirements are as follows:

1. All prospective members must have: A) A valid NJ FID. B) Proof of Firearms Training. (Any one of the following is acceptable: Any NRA Firearms Training Certificate, Diploma of Graduation from a Police Academy or a Law Enforcement Identification Card, or NJ Hunter Safety Firearms Card, not prior to the year 2003, or US Military Honorable Discharge Papers.

2. All Prospective members must write (via US Mail) to the club, requesting to be placed on the membership waiting list. Your correspondence MUST include: Daytime phone number, evening phone number, email address (if you have email) and your home address. The waiting list will be kept in the order of the postmark upon your correspondence. You will receive notice of which Orientation Meeting you may attend.

3. The applicant must be sponsored by a member in good standing. If the applicant does not have a sponsor, the applicant must:

i.        Supply two (2) letters of recommendation attesting to the applicant’s character and or past experience in the safe use of firearms.

ii.      Successfully complete an interview with the Membership Committee.

4. All new applicants will be contacted and invited to a mandatory Orientation Meeting on the last Thursday evening of a given month at 7:30 PM. The applicant MUST possess and present a valid New Jersey Firearms Identification Card, proof of training, and either the two letters of recommendation or the name of your sponsor. Additionally, all perspective members must have payment at the time of application (We accept personal checks and money orders). Any applicant who does NOT have their materials in order at the meeting, or fails to attend the meeting for which they where scheduled, will be dropped from the waiting list, and will need to restart the process, as stated above .

5. Upon completion of the steps above, the applicant will complete and file an application for membership, pay the initiation fee, pay the prorated dues and purchase a card key. The applicant is at this point a probationary member.

6. To advance to full membership, the probationary member must complete the following requirements within the probationary period of ninety days (90):

i.        Attend a regular business meeting to be introduced to the membership. (The Regular Business meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 8:00PM.)

ii.      Perform one (1) workday. Workdays are scheduled each month, on the Saturday after the regular business meeting.

iii.     Once the above requirements are met and ninety days have elapsed, the probationary member must attend the next regular business meeting to be voted upon by the membership.

If the probationary member does not complete the requirements within ninety days, the probationary member will have his or her access card disabled, probationary status will be revoked, and his or her membership shall be terminated. If the “applicant” has suffered a legitimate hard ship and desires to continue to strive for membership, he or she must appear before the Board of Trustees and present his or her case for continuation. The Board of Trustees will make the final decision regarding reinstatent to probationary status.

If the Board of Trustees allows reinstatement, the probationary member must complete the requirements within an agreed upon time. If the requirements are not met, the probationary member will lose all rights and privileges to the club. If the decision of the Board of Trustees is to disallow reinstatement, the applicant will lose all rights and privileges to the club. If disallowed, the applicant will receive his or her prorated dues based on the number of months remaining in the year.