TITLE 6: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
DIVISION 2: CONTRABAND OFFENSES
§ 2257. Restrictions on Shooting Range(s). (a) Patron and guest at a shooting range may use a rifle, shotgun, archery, or other target range equipment or device and any caliber of ammunition approved for competitive use as specifically authorize by regulation by the Department of Public Safety in conformance to applicable Commonwealth and federal law or regulation and in accordance with the licensee’s rules for on-site use; provided further that the use of any firearm, weapon, ammunition, archery, and target range equipment off the shooting range premises is strictly prohibited, except for safety purposes by order of the Commissioner of Public Safety, or as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction in connection with a pending court case. (b) Except for Department of Public Safety personnel and other law enforcement officials authorized by law or Department of Public Safety regulations, a shooting range licensee shall be responsible to control or restrict the access of persons to the use of its target range facilities and areas where firearms and ammunitions are used, maintained or stored. (c) Within 120 days of the effective date of this Act, the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety shall promulgate necessary rules and regulations for the use, storage and bringing in and removal of weapons and ammunition from the shooting range(s) consistent with this article; provided that weapons and ammunition may not be removed from the premises of the shooting range, except with the advance written consent of the Commissioner of Public Safety for sole purpose of their removal from the Commonwealth. (d) Pursuant to Department of Public Safety rules and regulations, a shooting range licensee shall implement strict internal controls for the accounting of both weapons and ammunition. Such accounting shall include, but is not limited to, a daily log which account for all ammunition used and the whereabouts and the name of any user of each weapon used by the shooting range. The Department of Public Safety authorized personnel shall be granted access at all times to ensure the shooting range licensee’s compliance with this article. (e) If the Commissioner of Public Safety has reason to believe that the shooting range licensee, including any of its agents or employees, is in violation of or is in non-compliance with any provision of this article or regulation hereunder, the Commissioner of Public Safety may issue any order deemed necessary to effectuate immediate compliance, prevent further violation, and to protect the health and safety of the shooting range employees and guests. Any aggrieved party to the order shall be afforded an administrative hearing as provided under the Commonwealth Administrative Procedure Act, 1 CMC §§ 9101 et seq. Source: PL 18-26 § 6 (Oct. 18, 2013), modified. Subsection (a) amended by PL 18-61 § 3 (Aug. 15, 2014), modified. Commission Comment: PL 18-26 §§ 6, 7(a) (Oct. 18, 2013) “enacted” § 2257 without repealing the prior § 2257, and “amended” § 2258 where no § 2258 previously existed. In codifying these sections, the Commission has fol-
TITLE 6: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
DIVISION 2: CONTRABAND OFFENSES lowed the plain language of PL 18-26 §§ 6, 7(a) and § 2257(e). Pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g), the Commission changed “guess” to “guest” in subsection (a). The Commission corrected the capitalization of the word “Commonwealth” in subsection (a) pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(f). The Commission corrected the capitalization of the word “Commonwealth” in subsection (a) pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(f). The Commission inserted a comma after the word “archery” in subsection (a) pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g).