1. All Guns Are Always "Loaded", Always!

   The only exception to this occurs when one has a weapon in his hands and he has personally unloaded it for checking. As soon as he puts it down, this rule applies again.

2. Never Let The Muzzle Cover Anything You Are Not Willing To Destroy

   You may not wish to destroy it, but you must be clear in your mind that you are quite ready to if you let that muzzle cover it. To allow a firearm to point at another human being is a deadly threat, and should always be treated as such.

3. Keep Your Finger Off The Trigger Until Your Sights Are On The Target

   This we call the Golden Rule because its violation is responsible for about 80 percent of the firearms disasters we read about.

4. Be Sure Of Your Target And What's Beyond

   You never shoot at anything until you have positively identified it. You never fire at a shadow, or a sound, or a suspected presence. You shoot only when you know absolutely what you are shooting at and what is beyond it.

1. Membership badges must be worn in plain sight at all times when on the range. Do not loan badges or combinations.
2. Guns must be carried unloaded, actions open, and muzzles vertical unless in a case.
3. During cease fires, all long guns will be unloaded, actions open and in the racks. Short guns will be unloaded; actions open, and benched or may be unloaded, magazine out and holstered, actions closed.
4. No shooting at glass bottles, cinder blocks or anything that can fragment so as to make it difficult to clean up.¹ Clean-up of targets must be done before leaving range. No damaging club property.
5. All commands shall be given by the range officer or acting range officer. Range Officers shall have complete authority over all range activity. All members are responsible for safe range operation.
6. No quick-draw or "hip shooting" allowed.
7. Ear and eye protection is recommended when firing line is active.
8. Persons under age 18 are not permitted to shoot unless supervised by an adult member.
9. No open fires allowed on the club property. Take proper care of smoking materials.
10. No pets allowed on the range except under the owner's control (leash etc.) and at the owner's risk.
11. No alcoholic beverages before or during shooting.
12. All wildlife shall be protected on the club grounds as the club is a wildlife sanctuary.

1. Clay birds are excluded.