New law limits number of shooting ranges, galleries
Acting governor Arnold I. Palacios signed into law Wednesday a law that limits the number of shooting galleries and shooting ranges to one per senatorial district.
Public Law 20-03 mandates only one shooting gallery license per senatorial district.
There are currently no shooting galleries or shooting ranges on Rota, one shooting range but no shooting gallery on Tinian, and one shooting gallery, one shooting range, and one pistol range—under the control of the Department of Public Safety—on Saipan.
The original bill, Senate Bill 20-14 HD1, cited the mass shooting in Kannat Tabla in 2009, when a Chinese national went on a shooting spree that injured nine people and killed five.
The bill states that shooting galleries and shooting ranges are not allowed to operate without a license while limiting the establishments of one each per island.
The new law states that licenses would be denied if a “… convicted felon or a corporation in which a convicted felon is serving on the board of directors or is an executive officer.”
This should also mandate that NO CW or non US Cit. is allowed to be employed in such a facility.
Al;so that no Govt. employee, political employee, or elecfted official and their family member are allowed to own operate or lease such facilities for at least a term of ten after them or a family member has any involvement or interaction with the Govt.
Great job Senator Cruz.