76-10-512 - Target concessions, shooting ranges, competitions, and hunting excepted from prohibitions.
76-10-512. Target concessions, shooting ranges, competitions, and huntingexcepted from prohibitions.
The provisions of Section 76-10-509 and Subsection 76-10-509.4(1) regarding possessionof handguns by minors shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) Patrons firing at lawfully operated target concessions at amusement parks, piers, andsimilar locations provided that the firearms to be used are firmly chained or affixed to thecounters.
(2) Any person in attendance at a hunter's safety course or a firearms safety course.
(3) Any person engaging in practice or any other lawful use of a firearm at an establishedrange or any other area where the discharge of a firearm is not prohibited by state or local law.
(4) Any person engaging in an organized competition involving the use of a firearm, orparticipating in or practicing for such competition.
(5) Any minor under 18 years of age who is on real property with the permission of theowner, licensee, or lessee of the property and who has the permission of a parent or legalguardian or the owner, licensee, or lessee to possess a firearm not otherwise in violation of law.
(6) Any resident or nonresident hunters with a valid hunting license or other persons whoare lawfully engaged in hunting.
(7) Any person traveling to or from any activity described in Subsection (2), (3), (4), (5),or (6) with an unloaded firearm in his possession.
Amended by Chapter 303, 2000 General Session