- (1) Ranges shall be of adequate size to safely accommodate the number of students being trained.
- (2) Ranges are to be constructed in such a manner as to ensure the safety of the students, instructors, spectators, and all others in the immediate area.
- (3) Access to the ranges should be limited, with controlled points of ingress.
- (4) Warning signs, flags, lights, and/or audible devices shall be utilized to ensure safety to others.
- (5) All ranges shall have a first aid kit consisting of, at a minimum, a tourniquet, bandages, gauze, nitrile gloves, surgical tape, and trauma shears while the class is in session.
- (6) All ranges shall have ready access to a telephone or other communication devices in the event of an emergency situation while class is in session.
- (7) All ranges must comply with all applicable state, county, and municipal ordinances/laws.
- (8) All firing shall be done on a standard silhouette type targets approved by the Director.
- (9) The overall safety of any firing range shall be determined by the Director. Any firing range determined to be unsafe may have its Enhanced Handgun Safety School certification suspended or denied until the range is made safe.
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-3-2009 and 39-17-1351. Administrative History: Original rule filed January 25, 1995; effective April 10, 1995. Amendments filed December 19, 2024; to have become effective March HANDGUN SAFETY PROGRAM 19, 2025. However, the Government Operations Committee filed a 15-day stay of the effective date of the rules on February 26, 2025; new effective date April 3, 2025.