Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-2-.126

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 220-2-.126 - Public Shooting Range Regulation

(1) It shall be unlawful to discharge firearms on any Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries public shooting range, except in accordance with the following regulations. All range users shall abide by the listed regulations and posted rules pertinent to the range in use. Permits for the excepted uses will be issued by the Hunter Education Coordinator or a designee. The range may be closed as necessary.

(a) Range is open during daylight hours only, unless otherwise posted, except by permit issued by the Hunter Education Coordinator or a designee.

(b) No alcoholic beverages allowed.

(c) Any legal firearm and ammunition (excluding armor-piercing, tracer, or any ammunition considered to be incendiary or explosive) may be used on target range.

(d) Keep all firearms on the shooting line unloaded and muzzles pointed down range when not firing or uncased. When not on the firing line, all firearms shall be unloaded with the action open and muzzle pointed in a safe direction or cased.

(e) All persons are to remain behind the shooting line while firing is taking place. No firing shall be allowed while anyone is down range.

(f) All firearms [except as noted below in (g)] shall only be fired from designated stations on the concrete shooting line into the embankment at stationary paper targets, self-healing, or metal automatic reset targets. Exploding targets are prohibited. The targets must be placed so that shots will impact above the range ground floor and into the bottom 5' of the embankment. Only one person may shoot from each designated location at any given time.

(g) Only shotguns utilizing 4 size shot or smaller may be used at the designated "Clay Target Areas."

(h) All used targets, brass, shotgun hulls, and other trash shall be placed in a trash receptacle or removed by the user from the public shooting range.

(i) It shall be unlawful to violate any posted restriction.

(j) All Alabama residents 16 through 64 years of age using a public shooting range are required to have either a valid Alabama: state hunting license, state wildlife management area license, or a state wildlife heritage license to use the range. All non-residents 16 years of age and over are required to have either a valid Alabama: state non-resident hunting license or a state wildlife management area license.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-2-.126

New Rule: Filed August 23, 2002; effective September 27, 2002. Amended: Filed March 16, 2009; effective April 20, 2009. Amended: Filed September 9, 2009; effective October 14, 2009. Amended: Filed October 12, 2011; effective November 16, 2011. Amended: Filed September 9, 2013; effective October 14, 2013.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIV, Issue No. 10, July 29, 2016, eff. 8/26/2016.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVIII, Issue No. 10, July 31, 2020, eff. 9/14/2020.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIX, Issue No. 02, November 30, 2020, eff. 1/14/2021.

Author: Christopher M. Blankenship

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 9-2-7, 9-2-8, 9-2-12.

PENALTY: As provided by law.