The lack of security measures on the handling of firearms at a shooting club in Selangor was how a target pistol was stolen and used in a suicide.

PETALING JAYA: The lack of security measures on the handling of firearms at a shooting club in Selangor saw a target pistol stolen and used in a youth suicide.

A source claimed that any member of the club could walk out unnoticed with a pistol, including a Glock 19, a model used by the police.

“There are no proper checks at the clubhouse after a weapon is issued to a member by the armourer for target practice,” he claimed.

The source also alleged that the missing weapon would only have been detected when the armourer conducted an audit at 5pm.

“Such a theft was long anticipated due to the lack of security,” the source claimed.

“Although the compound is fenced up, there are no checkpoints to declare weapons or metal detectors at the clubhouse exit.”

The source also claimed there were no guards or any other form of security to prevent the weapon from being taken out of the premises.

“Any member can sign for a gun, jump into their car and drive away without being questioned,” he said.

The source said the 19-year-old student who shot himself inside a toilet in a Subang Jaya college with a Walther GS on Wednesday had signed for the pistol to be used at the club’s shooting range.

He then left with the weapon. The association manager, when asked about the clubhouse’s security, said they were reviewing the controls on guns issued there but declined to comment further.

Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Zani Che Din said they were also looking at the standard operating procedures in issuing weapons and other controls at the clubhouse.

The investigation, he said, was part of their probe into the suicide and how the gun was removed from the premises.