West Coast

06/09/2026

For the lessons you learned from them, and for the lessons you'll pass on to your own kids.

Here's to the dads, grandads, father-figures, protectors, mentors and role models 🍻

03/09/2026

With many of our members currently serving, or having previously served in the ADF, police and other emergency services, the West Coast Pistol & Revolver Club proudly stands behind our national flag and those who sacrifice to defend it, our Australian values and way of life.

30/08/2026

You may recall a few weeks ago, Bob Katter made some headlines when he spoke about the importance of young people learning to use fi****ms.

Naturally, mainstream media outlets collectively salivated at the click-bait potential.

The Herald Sun adopted the headline: "𝙆𝙞𝙙𝙨 & 𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙨 - 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙜𝙤 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜?!"

They also reported that Katter called for kids to be "𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙙" and used imagery of children, guns, cross-hairs and people-shaped targets (𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘚𝘈𝘈 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴).

The Greens (𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦) turned on a fellow leftie, citing "𝘸𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥" (former) Premier Jacinta Allen wanted to "𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 12 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨".

Around the same time, Sporting Shooters Association Of Australia WA Inc. State President Paul Fitzgerald caught up with 6PR Breakfast with Millsy and Karl - making the point that structured firearm sports teach children discipline, responsibility, and confidence while grounding them in the real-world seriousness of firearm safety over fictional depictions. Additionally, he framed youth target shooting as a positive way to encourage kids to get active outdoors.

Which is exactly what you see below.

No click-bait. No antagonistic headline. Just families, communities, and a safe learning environment.

18/08/2026

⚠️ PRIVACY BREACH ⚠️

Yet ANOTHER example of licenced, law-abiding firearm owners who are NOT the problem...

$35 million on a new portal just for untrained public servants to recklessly leak personal details of 450+ firearm owners, putting our families at risk.

If you were impacted, TAKE ACTION NOW:

⚠️Report it: Lodge a formal complaint with the WA Office of the Information Commissioner immediately: https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/office-of-the-information-commissioner

⁉️Demand answers: Email the Police Commissioner ([email protected]) and the Minister for Police ([email protected]). Tell him you were exposed and demand an acknowledgment.

🚨 SECURITY WARNING: Immediately review your home security, check your cameras, and have an emergency plan with your family. If you ever feel you are being followed while driving, DO NOT STOP—call 000 and drive directly to a Police Station.

It’s completely unacceptable that law-abiding citizens face threats to our lives and families because of government negligence and these agencies and public servants MUST be held accountable.

We are an independent regulator with responsibilities under the Information Commissioner Act 2024, the Freedom of Information Act 1992 and the Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024.

16/08/2026

Gotta feel for the fi****ms community in NSW and ACT. Having already watched WA push through its own contentious overhauls, seeing NSW follow suit with mandatory caps and forced buybacks feels unnecessarily punitive—and completely unbacked by evidence.

​So much for a "unified national consensus." The reality is that other states and territories have already rejected these deeply flawed cap schedules.

SSAA (WA) State President & National VP Paul Fitzgerald has previously highlighted that these forced buybacks tie up huge numbers of active police officers who, instead of targeting vetted, licensed citizens should be focused on actual criminal activity and frontline crime enforcement. It shows a blatant disrespect to legal owners who have invested tens of thousands of dollars into their sport and livelihoods.

​🔴 Arbitrary caps punish vetted, law-abiding citizens while ignoring the real issues—intelligence failures, radicalisation, weak sentencing, and border enforcement. Multiple independent reviews cited by the SSAA show zero empirical link between numerical ownership caps on licensed individuals and a reduction in violent crime or terrorism.

​🔴 Fixed buyback schedules rarely reflect actual market value for rare or customized fi****ms. Worse, legal owners are left entirely out of pocket for custom gunsmithing, specialized optics, reloading gear, now-unusable ammunition, and newly redundant high-capacity safes.

​🔴 Arbitrary caps completely disregard the practical realities of farmers and primary producers who rely on specialized tools for legitimate pest control and livestock management across expansive properties.

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09/08/2026

Absolute day for it! Best of luck to all the competitors 💪🏼🏆🥇🇦🇺😎

2026 Sporting Shooters Association Of Australia WA Inc. Lever Action Silhouette State Championships @ Perth Rifle Silhouette Club - Wanneroo Shooting Complex Inc.

03/08/2026

Hey legends👋

You may have noticed our page has undergone a very slight rebrand👨‍💼

(𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 '𝘗𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭' 𝘢𝘯𝘥 '𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳' 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝟤𝟦/𝟩 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘉 𝘫𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 😅).

Moving forward, we'll also be replacing words like 'handgun' with '👉pew-pew' - just to be on the safe side.

Not to worry - we're the same old West Coast 🙂 Same name. Same age. Same super contribution 🤓

The truth is, when it comes to our sport it's pretty bloody difficult to get away from talking about politics. Sometimes you just want to see some cool 👉pew-pews in action. But we're committed to continue bringing you quality content about the ballistic sports 💪

If you can do us a favour and invite some mates to follow the page before we get cancelled for the 4th time this year, it would be greatly appreciated😜

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SSAAWA is the largest organisation representing firearm owners in Western Australia. We promote a range of firearm sports through over 70 clubs across WA.

02/08/2026

Our Sporting Shooters Association Of Australia WA Inc. reps have been working hard behind the scenes to deliver some BIG wins here.

We're definitely encouraging West Coast members to renew their competition licences for 5 years if possible.

Have a look at the breakdown below
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21/07/2026

🎯 Building the Next Generation of Competitors 🎯

Hit the link (below) to listen to the interview with Sporting Shooters Association Of Australia WA Inc. State Pres Paul Fitzgerald and 6PR Breakfast with Millsy and Karl

As a grassroots sporting club, many of our members juggle both work and family commitments, in amongst finding time to get out on the range.

We see, firsthand, the real-world benefit of passing on the discipline and skills of ballistic sports to younger generations in a structured and safe environment, and how it translates into invaluable life lessons our kids will carry with them into adulthood and one day pass on to their own kids.

The less time our kids spend doom-scrolling, the better, and it's up to us to role model those critical behaviours:

✅ Discipline & Focus – Tune out distractions and master the mental game.

✅ Responsibility – Developing an uncompromising respect for safety and procedure.

✅ Confidence – Tangible progress as skills, patience, and consistency improve over time.

We take pride in cultivating an elite safety culture where young competitors can thrive, learn the realities of responsible firearm ownership, and chase their competitive goals.

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🔗https://www.6pr.com.au/firearm-sports-can-benefit-children-as-young-as-12-according-to-the-sporting-shooters-association/?fbclid=IwdGRjcATLvL9jbGNrBMu8u2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHgStuw-wsxDlltp9DyXNOONYYqyUNBISyrC87QqQDSIBk0hrVRRe_zMNk37t_aem_ZtNJhzQcFXws6KkPU-S_Wg

The Victorian government has sparked debate over its proposed mandate to promote recreational shooting to children as young as 12. Press PLAY to hear Paul Fitzgerald discuss the recreational shooting proposal WA president Paul Fitzgerald from the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia told 6PR B...

16/07/2026

📣Some HUGE events coming up! Whether you're aiming for a PB, to be the best in your club, the state, the country, or just having an epic weekend shoot with your mates - it's about HAVING A GO 💪🏼

Worst case scenario - you have an awesome weekend. BEST case - you come away with a few medals or a trophy 🏆🥉🥈🥇🏆

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1️⃣ The SSAA Practical Shooting – Handgun National Championships 2026 at the SSAA NSW Hill Top Shooting Complex 3rd - 4th October.

Compete against some of Australia's best. Register NOW:
🔗https://pci.jotform.com/form/261731348043049

(Registrations CLOSE Friday 25th September)

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2️⃣ SSAA WA Practical Shotgun - State Championships 2026 at the Mundaring Marksmen Association Saturday 29th August.

SEVEN exciting and challenging stages designed to test your speed, accuracy & practical shooting skills 😎

✅ Open to all current SSAA financial members with SSAA Holster Accreditation.

Entry includes:
🍽️ Lunch
🔥 Medal/Trophy Presentations + BBQ

📲Info & Registration:
J. Finlay: 0416 559 414 📧 [email protected]
P. Fitzgerald: 0407 773 286 📧 [email protected]

Sporting Shooters Association Of Australia WA Inc.
Sporting Shooters' Association of Australia - SSAA Inc
Sporting Shooters Association of Australia - NSW Ltd

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