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1. TRI-COUNTY GUN CLUB - REGULATIONS: Effective October 12, 2006 a. The Tri-County Gun Club, Inc., it’s Board of Directors, Officers and other administrative and operating personnel are not responsible for accidents, injury, and personal property theft or damage occurring on club grounds. b. Duplication of any club key is not allowed. c. Club property must be respected and not intentionally damaged. Club property includes buildings, roads, trees, berms, range equipment, trap houses, target frames, target supports or mechanisms, incinerators, barrels, signs, all electrical equipment, etc. d. Club property may not be removed from club grounds. e. Property belonging to Special Members and organizations conducting matches using TCGC facilities may be left on club grounds, with the permission of a club officer, as long as it is properly identified and stored. TCGC will not be liable for this property, however any club member damaging or removing this property from club grounds will be disciplined as if it were club property. f. No alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs, nor anyone under the influence of same, are allowed on club grounds. g. No hunting is allowed on club grounds. h. No tracer, incendiary, or armor-piercing ammunition, nor illegal explosive devices are allowed on club grounds. i. No full-automatic weapons may be fired anywhere on club grounds, except by law enforcement agencies conducting scheduled training. j. Special Members events shall take precedence over regular members when the range time has been scheduled for the Special Members. k. Range maintenance and mowing take precedence over all shooting activities except scheduled events. l. Memberships: 1) Annual and Life Memberships. a) New Members. (1) Must fully complete and submit the New Member Application Form, with the correct dues and deposits, to the Membership Secretary. (2) Upon receipt and review of the above, the Membership Secretary will issue a membership card, club activities schedule, and a copy of the club rules and regulations with the following conditions: (a) The applicant must present, in person, at the next scheduled club meeting their current NRA membership card and current FOID card. If attendance at a scheduled club meeting is not feasible, the Membership Secretary will schedule an alternative with the club President. (b) After a vote of those members present, the applicant will both be granted full membership and issued their gate key or their application will be tabled for further discussion. If tabled, the officers will meet within one week after the club meeting to complete discussion and the applicant will either be granted full membership and their gate key mailed to them or will be advised that their application has been rejected and the reason/s for the rejection. b) Annual and Life Members. (1) Required identification while on club grounds: (a) Each club member must have the following forms of identification on his/her person while on club grounds: {1} Their current FOID card. {2} The current numbered gate key issued to them. (b) A club member must accompany their relatives and/or guests. The club member is responsible for their safety and conduct while on club grounds. (c) Each member has the responsibility to produce all required identification at the request of another club member. 2) Special Memberships. a) Are not available to the general public. They are restricted to: (1) Law Enforcement agencies. (2) Corporations actively providing personnel to law enforcement agencies or facilities requiring armed security. (3) Fire Departments. (4) Youth organizations who desire firearms education and training. b) The Board of Directors will determine dues and/or range fees for special members. c) Special member responsibilities are: (1) To assign a single individual to be responsible and accountable to TCGC for: (a) Reserving their range requirements with the club Range Director. (b) Gate key/s assigned to them each year. (c) Renewing their membership annually when they receive their renewal notice, including the exchange of old gate key/s in their possession in accordance with the club regulations. (d) Ensuring that their agency or organization’s personnel understand and observe all club regulations and range rules while on club grounds, with the exception of non-applicable identification and guest requirements. 2. TRI-COUNTY GUN CLUB - RANGE RULES: Effective October 12, 2006 a. Shooting hours for all ranges is between the hours of 8:00 am to 10:00 pm. b. Trap range: 1) Only legal shotguns may be used. 2) No slugs may be fired c. Rifle range: 1) All legal firearms may be used (rifles, shotguns and handguns). d. Pistol bays: 1) All legal firearms may be used (rifles, shotguns and handguns), however rifles may only be used on the first three bays. e. Targets: 1) Members must supply their own targets and target stands. 2) Targets must be placed in such a manner that fired bullets will be stopped by the appropriate downrange berm, ricochets will be prevented, and no club or range equipment will be damaged. 3) Targets may not be placed on top of the downrange berms. 4) The following types of targets are not allowed: glass, explosive containers, and any type of target that could cause damage to club or range equipment, environmental damage to club grounds, or personal harm to anyone on or in the vicinity of club grounds. 5) When finished shooting, all non-burnable targets (including fragments) must be removed from the range and taken home for disposal. Burnable targets must be placed in the marked incinerators provided. Only people pre-authorized by the club officers are allowed to set fires in these incinerators. f. Safety: 1) It is recommended members do not lock the entrance gate behind them upon entering the club grounds at times when no organized club activities are being conducted. Last person out lock the gate. 2) Shooters and spectators must use eye and ear protection. 3) It is the EVERYONE’S responsibility to make sure the firing line is safe before ANYONE goes forward of the firing line, FOR ANY REASON. NO EXCEPTIONS! 4) It is the shooter’s responsibility to keep the muzzle of the firearm pointed downrange at all times. 5) All firearms are to be unloaded, with actions open, before anyone moves forward of the firing line. 6) When anyone is forward of the firing line to inspect or set targets no firearms will be handled in any manner. 7) No rifles and No magnum handguns shooting any steel on pistol ranges. 8) Shooting platform on hill above range to is for use by guards and law enforcement organized training only.
3. TRI-COUNTY GUN CLUB - REPORTING AND RESOLVING VIOLATIONS: a. If a member observes any club range rule or regulation being violated, the following steps should be taken: 1) Write down the vehicle license plate number/s of the violators along with a detailed description of the violation/s. 2) Forward the information to the club President, who will evaluate the circumstances and determine if action should be taken. b. If the President decides action should be taken in the matter, the following steps will be taken: 1) Identification of the violator/s will be established using the vehicle license plate number/s. 2) If the violator/s are club members, they will be notified by mail to appear at a meeting of the Board of Review. At this meeting the violator/s must present their current TCGC membership card, current NRA membership card, current FOID card, and current, numbered gate key. After hearing from the violator/s, the officers will decide what action/s will be taken. 3) If the violator/s are not club members, the President will notify the proper legal authorities, in writing, of the violation and request that appropriate action be pursued. The President will also request the authorities to advise him/her of the final disposition.
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County Gun Club, Inc.