as u see in the rules posted, it only says no full auto guns, nothing about suppressed guns… and last year, this wasnt a issue either,
range officer today told us DHS sent out “rules” nation wide that they dont want suppressors used at public .GOV ranges now.
Bullshit, pure and simple.
DHS is issuing rules now, nice. I wouldn’t think any state level LE would have any duty to adopt or enforce the rule.
Unless you know for a fact that it came from DHS, I wouldn’t be pointing a finger yet. What exactly is a public.GOV range?
Sounds implausible.
If true it should be headline material on certain websites though.
I havent seen or heard anything about it. GA just changed the rules this year to allow suppressors at WMA shooting ranges so it would suck if it is true.
What’s a puclic .Gov range? Never heard of that. I’ve heard of public .mil ranges.
We have a public range here in the Ocala National Forest, so I assume that would fall under .gov. It is maintained by the state Fish and Wildlife Commission. I know that they have changed over the recent years to not allow full auto, I will see if they now prohibit suppressors as well if I can.
I would like to see a doc or cite from DHS.
I suspect that if it’s anything, it’s a risk-management or awareness best-practice rather than an imposed rule.
If DHS actually had such a thing underway, we’d be seeing it elsewhere.
One of the coolest things about suppressors is that they lessen your NEED to go to public ranges and deal with dipshits.
The only cites I can find of this on the internet is originated by the OP on this and other forums.
“CLASS “A” RANGES (Supervised Rifle and Pistol Ranges) … The shooting of fully automatic firearms, and rapid fire of semi-automatic firearms are strictly prohibited.”
So don’t shoot at a “Class A range”
"A = Supervised Rifle and Pistol Target Range
B = Unsupervised Rifle and Pistol Target Range
C = Unsupervised Clay Target Shotgun Range
D = Unsupervised Archery Target Range
O = Other Public Ranges; not classified by the Division of Wildlife
Problem solved,
Our local country range, the Lee Kay Center, which supposedly was built in part with federal funds, does not permit any SBR, SBS or AOW. Not sure about suppressors.
Nice thing about Utah is you can just drive an extra 30 min past Lee Kay and find a nice spot in the boonies and shoot what you want.
I shot exactly one time at Lee Kay. back around 94 or so. Never saw the Need since.
I’ve been to Lee Kay a couple of times. Whether or not a suppressor is allowed seems to depend on who you asked. Been told yes and no by different staff there.
It would be nice if the value of suppression was recongnized for the environmental value - ie a reduction in noise pollution. It is much more environmentally friendly.
Quite a different approach from the one prevailing in many countries on this side of the pond.
One of our local ranges has more restricted shooting times over the weekend for unsuppressed weapons, with suppressed weapons you can shoot longer into the day, especially on Sunday.
How wise it is to restrict shooting times because idiots move next to a shooting range ( bordered by an airport and nearby motocross track ) and then start complaing, is another matter…:rolleyes:
PA has, if I recall, about 40 public ranges that are free to use on the edges of state hunting land, forests, etc. General idea is that they’re for zeroing deer guns and whatnot, but some have pistol bays and side ranges that go out to 200/300 yards.
They’re free, but for years some of them have been a major headache to use because of local Fish and Wildlife guys coming up with new - and unposted - rules for “their” ranges.
Not sure if this is the sort of range that the OP is talking about.