From: Mark Crispin Newsgroups: rec.guns Subject: foreign visitors can still go to shooting ranges Date: 8 Mar 2002 11:28:55 -0500 Organization: Pandamonium Reigns Message-ID: I just got an answer from ATF to my question of whether or not the new classification of non-immigrant aliens as prohibited persons means that you can no longer take a foreign visitor to a shooting range as your guest for recreational target shooting. According to ATF, "the issue of loaning a firearm for use at a firing range, loans and rentals on range property are not regulated by the GCA and other Federal firearms laws enforced by ATF. (See 27 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 178.97(b).)" -- Mark -- Number of physicians in the USA: 700,000 Annual US accidental deaths caused by physicians: 2,919 (source: NCHS) Number of gun owners in the USA: 65,000,000 Annual US accidental deaths caused by guns: 1,134 (source: BATF) Doctors are 239 times more dangerous than gun owners. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn about rec.guns at http://doubletap.cs.umd.edu/rec.guns