JSS wrote:Interesting setup in your photo, is that just for unlicensed shooters?
Yep. In QLD a shooting gallery allows unlicensed shooters to shoot firearms after completing a Form 33A as long as they are not an "excluded person." The tether allows them to move the firearm up and down and enough side to side movement to aim at the target without having the ability to turn the firearm towards themselves or anyone else. If the tether system wasn't in place I would have nothing to do with the place lol.
On the gallery we switch out the guns every twelve months. We use Ruger Mark IV .22, Glock 17A 9mm, Ruger GP100 .38/.357Mag, Glock 21 .45ACP (will switch to target legal Glock 41 once we turn over the G21s) and Ruger Super Redhawk .44Mag. The Rugers don't last twelve months before cracking the forcing cones. We tried a S&W and it lasted like two months before the forcing cone cracked. The guns do a lot of rounds but the models we use are the ones that last the longest. There is a minimum age of 11 as well.
What's an excluded person?
If you have been convicted of murder, manslaughter, armed robbery, unlawful wounding or grievous bodily harm; OR an offence involving drugs, weapons or
violence punishable by at least 7 years imprisonment; OR in the last 5 years:
- convicted of, or discharged from custody on sentence after being convicted of, an offence relating to the misuse of drugs, the use or threatened use of violence, or
the use, carriage, discharge or possession of a weapon;
- subject to a domestic violence order, other than a temporary protection order;
- subject to an involuntary assessment order under the Mental Health Act 1974 or 2000 or similar order in another State;
- refused a licence or had a licence revoked because you were not or were no longer a fit and proper person; OR if you are subject to a temporary protection
order; OR prevented by an order of any court from holding a licence or possessing a weapon unless the order permits such under supervision; OR the holder of
a suspended licence – then you are an “excluded person” under Section 53, subsection (7) of the Weapons Act 1990.Reality is we have no way of checking if the customer is lying or not but QPS and AFP do come and check the book and CCTV semi regularly. They can also notify us of people who can not shoot and others we have to report straight away. We are also obliged to report anyone suspicious which we do.