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Regular Member
This, from the York County Code:
http://www.yorkcounty.gov/Default.aspx?tabid=4793
OFFENSES - MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 16-38. Sports shooting ranges; range safety; logs.
(a) No sports shooting range or combination of ranges shall be used at any time unless a range safety officer, as designated by the owner or operator of such range, is present on the range. Such officers shall have the duty and responsibility of enforcing the owner or operator's rules and regulations for the safe use of such range.
(b) A log shall be maintained on the premises of every sports shooting range of the name of the range safety officer present on the range and the hours during which the safety officer was present. The range safety officer shall ensure that every person who uses a range is identified in a log to be kept for such purpose; the manufacturer, model, and caliber of each firearm used by each such person; and the time during which the firearm was used. Such logs shall be maintained for a period of at least two (2) months after the latest entry therein and shall be made available for review during reasonable hours at the request of law enforcement officers or the county administrator.
(c) For purposes of this section, a "sports shooting range" shall mean each outdoor area designed and designated for the use of rifles, shot guns, pistols, silhouettes, skeet, trap, black powder, or any other similar sports shooting.
Cross reference—Discharge of firearms within three hundred feet (300') of a subdivision, § 16-7.
While the statute doesn't ask for a firearm serial number (many older guns don't have one), it does require a name, make, model & caliber. The facility could easily provide contact information for the individual.
Is the 60 day preservation window more restrictive than State Statute? If an individual used the same set of firearms regularly at least every 60 days, the facility would, in effect, be maintaining a perpetual "registration" of that individual's firearms. Note that VSP must destroy firearm purchase info related to NICS checks after 30 days.
It could be argued that this ordinance is valid because it stems from the County's authority to regulate the discharge of firearms. But is it necessary to know who is shooting which gun? A discharge restriction wouldn't apply by name to an individual.
http://www.yorkcounty.gov/Default.aspx?tabid=4793
OFFENSES - MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 16-38. Sports shooting ranges; range safety; logs.
(a) No sports shooting range or combination of ranges shall be used at any time unless a range safety officer, as designated by the owner or operator of such range, is present on the range. Such officers shall have the duty and responsibility of enforcing the owner or operator's rules and regulations for the safe use of such range.
(b) A log shall be maintained on the premises of every sports shooting range of the name of the range safety officer present on the range and the hours during which the safety officer was present. The range safety officer shall ensure that every person who uses a range is identified in a log to be kept for such purpose; the manufacturer, model, and caliber of each firearm used by each such person; and the time during which the firearm was used. Such logs shall be maintained for a period of at least two (2) months after the latest entry therein and shall be made available for review during reasonable hours at the request of law enforcement officers or the county administrator.
(c) For purposes of this section, a "sports shooting range" shall mean each outdoor area designed and designated for the use of rifles, shot guns, pistols, silhouettes, skeet, trap, black powder, or any other similar sports shooting.
Cross reference—Discharge of firearms within three hundred feet (300') of a subdivision, § 16-7.
While the statute doesn't ask for a firearm serial number (many older guns don't have one), it does require a name, make, model & caliber. The facility could easily provide contact information for the individual.
Is the 60 day preservation window more restrictive than State Statute? If an individual used the same set of firearms regularly at least every 60 days, the facility would, in effect, be maintaining a perpetual "registration" of that individual's firearms. Note that VSP must destroy firearm purchase info related to NICS checks after 30 days.
It could be argued that this ordinance is valid because it stems from the County's authority to regulate the discharge of firearms. But is it necessary to know who is shooting which gun? A discharge restriction wouldn't apply by name to an individual.