DeSoto Rifle & Pistol Club is the perfect place to exercise your second amendment rights. Our range facility is conveniently located in Como, MS and has six different shooting bays available, easily accommodating pistols, rifles, shotguns and long-range high power rifles. Please view each tab below to learn more about joining the DeSoto Rifle & Pistol Club or our affiliated organizations.
Join the DeSoto Rifle & Pistol Club
Joining the DeSoto Rifle & Pistol Club is easy and affordable. Our associate memberships offer the chance to add additional family members for only $10 each once the first member has joined at the normal rates in effect at the time of joining.
Get a Complimentary Range Tour
We encourage all prospective members and interested persons to come out to the range any Saturday or Sunday (8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, weather permitting) to get a complimentary tour of the range facilities and have questions answered. [Open Gooogle map in new window] Upon your arrival at the range, please proceed into the range facility and seek out the Range Safety Officer (RSO), who will be wearing an orange vest. The RSO will be able to help you learn more about DeSoto Rifle & Pistol Club so you can decide if membership is right for you and your family. If you should happen to arrive at the range and the gate is still closed and locked, then an RSO is unfortunately not on duty at the time. As a member in good standing of DeSoto Rifle & Pistol Club, the Club is available for your usage 365 days / year, sunup to sundown (weather permitting).
Membership Application Process
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Requirements to join the DeSoto Rifle & Pistol Club
As per the Desoto Rifle & Pistol Club Bylaws, Article III, Section 1:
Memberships are open to any citizen or permanent legal resident of the United States who meets the following conditions:
- Is at least 18 years of age as of the date of application for membership, except for children living in the home as “associate members”.
- Has paid all required membership dues/fees.
- Application is not rejected by a two-thirds vote of the Executive Committee.
- Is not a fugitive from justice.
- Is not disqualified to possess or own a weapon based on federal law.
- Has not been committed to a mental institution or mental health treatment facility without appropriate documentation stating that the applicant is free of disability for the last 5 years.
- Is not otherwise ineligible to possess a firearm due to felony convictions in any state or by the United States federal code.
- Does not abuse controlled substances.
- Does not abuse alcoholic beverages.
- Has not been adjudicated mentally incompetent within the last 5 years.
- Has not had adjudication of guilt withheld or a sentence suspended on any felony within the last 3 years.
- Is not a member of any organization or group having as its purpose or one of its purposes to overthrow the government of the United States, or any of its political subdivisions.
Membership Options
As per the Desoto Rifle & Pistol Club Bylaws, Article III, Section 3:
- Individual: An individual who has met the requirements of Article III, Section 1 and pays member dues on an annual basis. Individual memberships are Voting.
- Associate: A member of the immediate family of an Individual member who has met the requirements of Article III, Section 1 and pays associate member dues on an annual basis. Associate memberships are Non-Voting. Associate members are: Spouses, or Children who are less than 18 years of age, or adult children claimed as a dependent on the Individual member’s tax returns.
- Life: An individual who has met the requirements of Article III, Section 1 and has made a one-time payment of dues that lasts for all of his or her natural life thereafter. Life memberships are Voting.
2013-2014 Membership Costs
- Life Membership: $2,000 (one-time)
- All new Life members will be assessed a one-time $50.00 range improvement assessment (this is being assessed one-time during the 2012-2013 – 2014-2015 membership year period)
- Total joining cost: $2,050.00
- Annual: $150.00 (pro-rated after April 15, 2013 as shown below)
- All new Annual members will be assessed a one-time $50.00 range improvement assessment (this is being assessed one-time during the 2012-2013 – 2014-2015 membership year period)
- All new Annual members will also be assessed a one-time $100.00 initiation fee
- Total joining cost: $300.00 (or less, as Annual dues are pro-rated as shown below)
- Associate: $10 (per associate, not pro-rated)
2013-2014 Annual Membership Pro-Rated Amounts
Your first year’s membership dues will depend on when you join DeSoto Rifle & Pistol Club.
- Join before April 15, 2013: $150.00 (total first-year cost is $300.00)
- Join after April 15, 2013: $137.50 (total first-year cost is $287.50)
- Join after May 15, 2013: $125.00 (total first-year cost is $275.00)
- Join after June 15, 2013: $112.50 (total first-year cost is $262.50)
- Join after July 15, 2013: $100.00 (total first-year cost is $250.00)
- Join after August 15, 2013: $87.50 (total first-year cost is $237.50)
- Join after September 15, 2013: $75.00 (total first-year cost is $225.00)
- Join after October 15, 2013: $62.50 (total first-year cost is $212.50)
- Join after November 15, 2013: $50.00 (total first-year cost is $200.00)
- Join after December 15, 2013: $37.50 (total first-year cost is $187.50)
- Join after January 15, 2014: $25.00 (total first-year cost is $175.00)
- Join after February 15, 2014: $12.50 (total first-year cost is $162.50)
- Join after March 15, 2014: 2014-2015 membership rates in effect (TBD)
Annual members who do not renew their 2013 annual membership before May 1, 2013 must submit a new initiation fee ($100).
Join the NRA
There’s never been a more important time for you to join the National Rifle Association. Call 1-877-NRA-2000 or visit the NRA web site today and help preserve your Second Amendment rights.
