Range Use Agreement

Membership

This agreement is between [Range legal name] ("the Range") and the person who signs below ("you"). It sets out the terms on which you may use the Range.

Your membership starts on the date the Range accepts your application and runs for the term shown on your membership record. Membership is personal to you. It is not a share of ownership and it is not an interest in the Range's property. You may not transfer, lend, or sell it, and that includes any gate code, key, card, or other credential the Range issues you — those are for you alone.

If you do not hold a current membership in good standing, you may not use the Range except as a signed-in guest of a current member.

Dues, fees, and when they are due are set by the Range and may change. The Range will tell you before a change takes effect.

Range rules and range officers

You agree to read and follow the Range's rules. The rules are posted at the Range and given to you in writing, they are part of this agreement, and the Range may change them.

You agree to follow the instructions of any range officer, staff member, or other person the Range puts in charge of a firing line — immediately, and without arguing about it. On a live range there is no time to debate an instruction. "Cease fire" means stop firing, keep the muzzle pointed downrange, take your finger off the trigger, and wait for further instruction. Anyone may call a cease fire, and everyone obeys it.

You are responsible for knowing and following the four basic safety rules at all times:

1. Treat every firearm as if it is loaded.
2. Never point a firearm at anything you are not willing to destroy.
3. Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target and you have decided to fire.
4. Know your target and what is beyond it.

You agree to use only the firearms, ammunition, and targets the Range allows, and to shoot only at the targets and in the directions the Range permits. If you are not sure whether something is allowed, ask before you do it.

You agree to wear eye and ear protection whenever you are on or near the firing line, and to require the same of anyone with you.

Guests

If the Range allows you to bring guests, your guests are your responsibility. That means:

1. You must sign your guest in as the Range requires, and your guest must sign the Range's guest waiver before going onto the range.
2. Your guest stays with you. You may not sign someone in and then leave, and you may not bring more guests at one time than the Range allows.
3. You are responsible for making sure your guest knows and follows the range rules, and for stopping them when they do not.
4. You are responsible for injury or damage your guest causes, to the same extent you would be if you had caused it yourself.

A guest you cannot supervise safely is a problem to solve in the parking area, not on the line.

Damage to the Range's property

You are responsible for damage you cause to the Range's property — backstops, berms, target frames and stands, benches, structures, fencing, signs, and equipment — where the damage results from your carelessness, from your ignoring the rules, or from shooting at something you were not supposed to shoot at. Wear and damage from ordinary, correct use of the Range is not your responsibility.

You agree to tell the Range as soon as you reasonably can about any damage, injury, unsafe condition, or accidental discharge that you cause or witness. Reporting it is not an admission of anything; not reporting it is its own violation.

The Range may charge you the reasonable cost of repair or replacement.

Suspension and termination

The Range may suspend or end your membership if you break the range rules, handle a firearm unsafely, come onto the property impaired by alcohol or drugs, threaten or harass anyone, let someone else use your credential, fall behind on dues, or become someone who may not lawfully possess a firearm.

Where the situation allows for it, the Range will tell you what the problem is and give you a chance to respond. A serious safety violation may mean immediate removal from the property without warning — there is no version of this where an unsafe person stays on the line while a process runs.

[Range: state here whether dues are refunded, pro-rated, or forfeited when a membership ends, and describe any appeal you offer. Members will ask, and an answer written down in advance is worth more than one improvised in an argument.]

If your membership ends for any reason, you must return any credential the Range issued you and stop using the Range.

You may end your membership at any time by telling the Range in writing.

Changes to this agreement

The Range may change this agreement and the range rules.

If a change is significant, the Range will give you notice and ask you to sign the new version, and you may be asked to sign it before your next visit. Minor corrections — a typo, a changed phone number — do not need a new signature.

If you do not agree to a significant change, you may end your membership instead of signing it.

Governing law and severability

[Range: with your attorney, name here the law that governs this document and where any dispute over it will be heard. HotRange has deliberately left this blank rather than guess — the answer depends on where your range is, and a wrong answer here can undo the rest of the document.]

If a court decides that any part of this document cannot be enforced, the rest of it still applies, and the part that cannot be enforced should be read as narrowly as it needs to be in order to stand.

Your acknowledgement

By signing, you are saying that:

1. You have read this agreement and you understand it.
2. Nobody rushed you, you were able to ask questions, and you could have had an attorney look at it first.
3. You may lawfully possess a firearm and ammunition.
4. The information you gave the Range about yourself is true.
5. You agree to be bound by this agreement and by the range rules.

If you do not agree to all of this, do not sign it and do not use the Range.