§ 57-2. Firearm Safety Committee.

(a) There is a Firearm Safety Committee with 7 voting members appointed by the County Executive and confirmed by the County Council. The voting members should be trained and experienced in the safe and sportsmanlike use of weapons. The Executive must designate one voting member to serve as Chair. The Police Range Officer must serve as a non-voting member of the Committee.

(b) The Committee issues indoor and outdoor target, trap, skeet, and shooting range approval certificates. The Committee may specify the type of gun and ammunition that may be used on the range. An approval certificate is valid for 3 years. Before issuing a certificate, the Committee must find that:

(1) the discharge of guns on the range will not jeopardize life or property; and

(2) the applicant for the certificate is the owner, lessee, or person lawfully in possession of the land where the range is located.

(c) The Committee must inspect any firing range operated by the Police Department every 3 years.

(d) The Committee must create a standard safety checklist to assure that all firing ranges are evaluated using the same criteria.

(e) The Committee must keep a copy of each certificate.(1981 L.M.C., ch. 42, § 1; FY 1991 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1; CY 1991 L.M.C., ch. 21, § 1; , § 1.)

Cross reference-Boards and commissions generally, § 2-141 et seq.