Informational meeting on Carson gun range
Carson City is holding a public information meeting to address concerns about the Carson City Rifle and Pistol Range. There have been reports of stray bullets entering into the landfill area beyond the range.
"I haven't seen any proof that this is truly happening and for the range to be open as long as it has.. I'm a little bit suspicious," Kristy Scott, owner of Battleborn Ammunition & Firearms, says.
Since November, range use has been limited by Carson City Parks and Recreation to just weekends until the NRA can evaluate and make recommendations.
"It looks, well you could speculate that there are ricochets coming off the range here; whether that's the case I don't know but I suspect they're going to find some of that," Bob Crowell, Carson City Mayor, says.
In September, the Carson City Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a possible ricochet from the gun range. The sheriff's office determined that "this does not line up for a ricochet and would not have been able to strike the victim's truck."
Carson City Sheriff Kenny Furlong says this is a safety issue, not a crime issue.
"I don't consider any of these incidents to be criminal in nature so I don't see a response by law enforcement as the appropriate action to take, and certainly I'm not going to go out to the range to see whose gun matches up with what bullet, we're not going to do that," Furlong says.
The meeting will be held December 12 at 5:30 p.m. at the Carson Center Community Center at 851 East William Street.
The Carson Rifle and Pistol Club has a long history of managing the Carson City Rifle and Pistol Range under a written agreement with Carson City. We take this responsibility very seriously, and a number of our members, who are NRA Certified Range Safety Officers, have volunteered to serve as RSO’s now that a new safety concern has come to light. This new concern has to do with the City landfill having expanded their operations into an area where they did not previously work. It appears possible the new area has experienced impacts of stray bullets from the range. At the Club’s suggestion, the City requested on-site assistance from the NRA Range Technical Team and we will take their recommendations to heart. In the meantime, the Carson Rifle and Pistol Club has increased surveillance by volunteer RSOs and suggested operational changes that we think will decrease the number of stray projectiles leaving the range — particularly the discharge of extremely high-powered firearms that this range was not originally designed to contain. The City has agreed with our recommendations, and we look forward to hearing what the NRA Range Technical Team concludes about operations at the Carson City Range. This range is an important and valuable part of local marksmanship and firearms programs, and we are dedicated to keeping it safe for users and neighbors alike. We are also working on increasing the number of Volunteer RSO's to increase the days the range can be open. If you are interested in becoming a NRA Certified Range Safety Officer you can find a class online at
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