NAC407.105. Use of weapons.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in this section or as otherwise authorized by the Administrator, in any park, a person shall not:

     (a) Use a bow and arrow, slingshot or paint ball launcher;

     (b) Discharge a firearm;

     (c) Discharge an air rifle, spring gun or air pistol; or

     (d) Throw a knife, hatchet, spear, stone or projectile.

     2. The Administrator may designate zones in which a person may, for the purposes of hunting a species that is designated by the Board of Wildlife Commissioners as a game mammal or game bird pursuant to chapter 503 of NAC, discharge a firearm or bow in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Wildlife. At each park in which a zone is designated pursuant to this subsection, the ranger in charge of the region or the supervisor of the park shall post at the headquarters of the park, and at each area within the park which is designated as a zone in which a person may discharge a firearm or bow for the purposes of hunting, maps of the designated zones within that park.

     3. Target shooting is prohibited in all areas of a park, except in an area designated as a firing range.

     4. Use of a bow to kill, capture or injure a fish is prohibited within 100 feet of a swimmer.

     5. Nothing in this section is intended to abrogate any right guaranteed by Section 11 of Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of St. Parks, 12-31-85, eff. 1-1-86; A 3-9-88; 7-25-90; 11-12-93; 3-20-96, eff. 4-1-96; R164-97, 3-1-98; R145-99, 1-18-2000; R118-01, 12-17-2001; R149-05, 5-4-2006; R013-11, 10-26-2011)