(a) No firearm shall be discharged in the shooting range if the type of firearm or caliber of ammunition is not suitable or safe for use at the shooting range. The discharge of firearms shall only be permitted in the shooting range. The range master shall inspect all firearms and ammunition, whether supplied by the licensee or brought by a shooting range patron to the shooting range facility, to determine whether the firearm and ammunition are safe and in good operating condition and are of a caliber appropriate for the design of the shooting range and backstop.
(b) A range master shall be on duty during all operating hours of shooting range facility. Prior to permitting anyone to discharge a firearm, the range master shall ensure that no person is in the direct fire zone.
(c) Reserved.
(d) No person under the age of 18 shall be permitted in the shooting range facility unless accompanied by and under the direct supervision of a parent, guardian, or an instructor in a firearms safety and training course recognized by a law enforcement agency, a national or international shooting sports organization, a certified firearms instructor approved by the Illinois State Police or Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, or a certified firearms and hunter safety instructor approved by the Illinois Department of Wildlife. The licensee shall require every shooting range patron to provide a driver's license or other government-issued identification showing the person's name, date of birth, and photograph.
(e) No person, other than the range master, licensee, manager or employee shall be permitted beyond the firing points; provided that this provision does not apply to any independent contractor hired to clean or maintain the shooting range facility.
All doors, gates and entrances between the firing points and backstop shall be securely locked at any time that a person is engaged in shooting on the range.
(f) No person shall be permitted to enter or remain at the shooting range facility if he appears to the range master to be under the influence of alcohol, narcotics, or controlled substances, or if he is engaging in conduct which the range master reasonably deems to pose a hazard to himself or others.
(g) The licensee shall not permit any person, including a shooting range patron, to possess or discharge a firearm at the shooting range, if the person does not have a valid FOID card or valid CCL, if required to do so.
(h) No other weapons, other than firearms, shall be discharged in the shooting range.
(i) Protective eye wear and hearing protection shall be provided to every range master, manager, employee and shooting range patron while such person is located in the shooting range. The protective eye wear and hearing protection must be worn at all times when a person in the shooting range is discharging a firearm.
(j) A manager must be in charge of the shooting range facility at all times other than those times when an individual licensee is in charge.
(k) Every shooting range facility shall be in compliance with the applicable building, environmental and fire code requirements, including any rule or regulations promulgated thereunder.
(Added Coun. J. 7-6-11, p. 3073, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 9-8-11, p. 7262, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 9-11-13, p. 59869, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 6-25-14, p. 83727, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 5-24-17, p. 50364, § 1)