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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".48" citation="COMAR 10.16.06.48" title_num="10" subtitle_num="16" chapter_num="06" heading="Specialized Activities: Marksmanship Using Rifles and Air Guns.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Rifle Range. For a camp that offers riflery activities, an operator shall ensure that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The rifle range is located where a camper will not wander into the field of fire while engaged in other camp activities;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If possible, the direction of fire is to the north to minimize a shooter being blinded by the sun;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A blind approach to the field of fire is fenced, with warning signs posted;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The firing line is level from one flank to the other with a minimum of 5 feet between firing points;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A ready line is established 10 feet to the rear of the firing points;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The rifle range is free of an object that might cause a bounce back or a ricochet; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Except when visibility extends downrange for at least 3,000 feet beyond the targets, a backstop is present that is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A hill that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Has a crest of not less than 30 feet above the level of the firing point;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Is clear of brush for an area at least 100 yards up the slope from the targets or to the crest of the hill;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Has a cut taken out of the face of the hillside immediately behind the targets to provide a perpendicular face to catch the bullets and prevent ricochet;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Has all rocks, glass, and metal removed from the perpendicular cut immediately behind the targets; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Has a nonremovable obstacle covered with at least 6 inches of soil and sodded or seeded to prevent a ricochet; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A wood crib that is:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Filled with dry earth or sand; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>At least 10 feet high, 30 inches thick, and 6 feet beyond the end of the targets.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Air Gun Range. An operator shall ensure that an air gun range:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Complies with all requirements of §A(1) — (6) of this regulation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Except when the entire safety fan area of the air gun range is unoccupied, has a backstop that meets all requirements of §A(7) of this regulation or has a backstop that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is covered with soft material to prevent a ricochet, a bounce back, or a shot from leaving the range area;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Has walls or side berms that are covered with soft materials to prevent a ricochet, a bounce back, or a shot from leaving the range area; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Is sufficient to stop or contain the pellets.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>For a camp that offers a riflery or an air gun activity, or both, an operator shall ensure that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A camper is instructed in safe firing range procedures before the camper participates in the activity;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Red firing flags are conspicuously displayed when the range is in use;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Only an individual ready to fire is on the firing line and anyone waiting to fire remains behind the ready line;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>An individual stays behind the firing line at all times, except when ordered by the instructor to retrieve targets; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Guns and ammunition are stored separately in a locked storage area.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Riflery and Air Gun Activity Staff Members.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An operator shall ensure that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>During the riflery or air gun activity, a director is present at the camp or, when the activity occurs off the camp premises, the activity site;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An instructor and at least one counselor or assistant counselor to assist are on the range at all times during a firing session; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>One adult staff member, adult volunteer, counselor, or assistant counselor is on duty and supervising the campers for each group of ten campers or fraction of ten campers on the firing line.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An instructor shall ensure that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The equipment is clean and in good repair;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The equipment is stored safely and secured;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The equipment use is controlled by means of a checkout system;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Safety glasses are provided for and worn by each shooter and staff member on the firing line; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Except at an air gun activity, ear protection is provided for and worn by each shooter and staff member on the firing line.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Procedures. An operator shall ensure that a safety plan is developed and implemented:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>According to Regulation .52 of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>That includes procedures for meeting the requirements of §§A — D of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>