Information regarding range operation, laws, liability, risk management and more!

MA Specific Laws Regarding Range Operation:

• Section 129C has a laundry list of exemptions for instruction and range use. 
• Hunting law regarding discharge feet. 
• Law exempting shooting ranges from the 500’ discharge law. 
  
• Law regarding non residents taking part in pistol matches.
• This is the noise protection law for ranges.
• This is the bill we passed in 2002 to protect ranges who had to reorient due to environmental considerations. Chapter 152 of the Acts of 2002
  

Other legal info (not MA specific):

• Range Operator Liability: Noise, Nuisance and Zoning
• Range Protection Acts: Status of States and Model Legislation
• Risk Management For The New Millennium

NRA Assistance

• NRA Public Range Grant Fund Program The NRA Public Range Fund was established in 2009 as a matching grant program to encourage city and county governments, and state or federal agencies, to work with NRA on efforts to build and improve public ranges across the United States.
• NRA Shooting Range Services With more than 125 years’ experience in shooting range design, construction, maintenance and operations, no one has more expertise in the field than the NRA.
• NRA Foundation Grant Program Since its inception, The NRA Foundation, Inc., has funded more than 15,000 grants totaling over $150 million, becoming America’s leading charitable organization in support of the shooting sports.