shooting range
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specialized facility designed for firearms practice
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- Shooting ranges
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- Category:Shooting ranges
- has immediate cause
- small arms
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- sport=shooting_range
- different from
- field of fire
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- Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
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Encyclopedic overview
Law enforcement personnel train on an indoor range. A rangemaster is shown supervising.
A shooting range, firing range, gun range or shooting ground is a specialized facility, venue, or field designed specifically for firearm usage qualifications, training, practice, or competitions. Some shooting ranges are operated by military or law enforcement agencies, though the majority of ranges are privately owned by civilians and sporting clubs and cater mostly to recreational shooters. Each facility is typically overseen by one or more supervisory personnel, known as a Range Officer (RO), or sometimes a range master in the United States. Supervisory personnel are responsible for ensuring that all safety rules and relevant laws are followed at all times.
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